Anatomy of a tapeworm
Date
21 December 1709
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p243
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 366mm
width (page): 232mm
width (page): 232mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Anatomy of a tapeworm by Dr Gandolph, a physician in Dunkirk, from a letter to Isaac Newton. The report is dated March 1709 and was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 21 December 1709.
The figures show the joints from the tail of the tapeworm, and L is marked as 'very near its natural size'. The frame in the original drawing (EL/G1/77/005a) is preserved here.
The figures show the joints from the tail of the tapeworm, and L is marked as 'very near its natural size'. The frame in the original drawing (EL/G1/77/005a) is preserved here.
Object history
23 November 1709, 'A letter from Dr Gandolph to Sir Isaac Newton the President was read & he deliver'd 2 papers of Observations from the same. He was thanked' (JBO/11/177). This paper on the tapeworm was read to the Royal Society on 21 December 1709 (see JBO/11/188).
Related fellows
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
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