Eel's heart
Date
1884
Creator
John Alexander McWilliam (1857 - 1937, British) , Physiologist
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Dimensions
height (drawing): 202mm
width (drawing): 124mm
width (drawing): 124mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Diagram of the heart of the eel, with a key to the major blood vessels, chambers and other features.
Illustration from the manuscript version of the paper ‘On the structure and rhythm of the heart in fishes with especial reference to the heart of the eel’, by J. A. McWilliam, Proceedings of the Royal Society, v.38 (1884), pp.108-129. An amended version of the figure was printed on p.110 in the published account.
Inscribed left: ‘Eel’s Heart (Diagrammatic)’.
John Alexander McWilliam (1857-1937) British physiologist and cardiac expert was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1916.
Illustration from the manuscript version of the paper ‘On the structure and rhythm of the heart in fishes with especial reference to the heart of the eel’, by J. A. McWilliam, Proceedings of the Royal Society, v.38 (1884), pp.108-129. An amended version of the figure was printed on p.110 in the published account.
Inscribed left: ‘Eel’s Heart (Diagrammatic)’.
John Alexander McWilliam (1857-1937) British physiologist and cardiac expert was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1916.
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