Life cycle of a louse
Date
1669
Creator
Jan Swammerdam (1637 - 1680, Dutch) , Biologist
Creator - Organisation
Meinardus van Dreunen, Publisher
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 277mm
width (plate): 178mm
width (plate): 178mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Entomological study of the life cycle of a louse. 11 figures showing the stages of metamorphosis from the egg (figure A-B) to the three stages of nymph (figure III-V) to the adult, both male and female (figure C and E) shown here.
Inscribed ‘TAB VII. PRIMUS ORDO. Nympha animal DIER-popken.
Plate 7 from Historia insectorum generalis by Jan Swammerdam published by Meinardus van Dreunen (Utrecht, 1669).
Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680) was a Dutch biologist and microscopist. He continued Robert Hooke’s observations of insects in more systematic research which employed a single lens microscope. From the late 1660s, he dissected and studied the development of these creatures, noting their internal organs and methods of reproduction – he concluded that insects were not the product of spontaneous generation.
Inscribed ‘TAB VII. PRIMUS ORDO. Nympha animal DIER-popken.
Plate 7 from Historia insectorum generalis by Jan Swammerdam published by Meinardus van Dreunen (Utrecht, 1669).
Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680) was a Dutch biologist and microscopist. He continued Robert Hooke’s observations of insects in more systematic research which employed a single lens microscope. From the late 1660s, he dissected and studied the development of these creatures, noting their internal organs and methods of reproduction – he concluded that insects were not the product of spontaneous generation.
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