Sepia officinalis
Date
ca.1894
Creator
Henry Hallett Dale (1875 - 1968, British) , Knight Physician, Physiologist
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Dimensions
height (drawing): 254mm
width (drawing): 189mm
width (drawing): 189mm
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Description
Anatomical sketches of the Common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis. Two figures showing brain and eye details revealed by dissection.
Original study within the Cambridge University student exercise book A notebook for practical zoology. Part 1 (Cambridge, Zoological Laboratory, 1892), f.81r. Drawn within the section ‘Sepia. 9. View of exposed buccal mass, skull and eyes…10. View of brain as exposed by a median longitudinal section…’
Sir Henry Hallett Dale (1875-1968) British physiologist and pharmacologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1914. He served as its President from 1940-1945.
Original study within the Cambridge University student exercise book A notebook for practical zoology. Part 1 (Cambridge, Zoological Laboratory, 1892), f.81r. Drawn within the section ‘Sepia. 9. View of exposed buccal mass, skull and eyes…10. View of brain as exposed by a median longitudinal section…’
Sir Henry Hallett Dale (1875-1968) British physiologist and pharmacologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1914. He served as its President from 1940-1945.
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