Worms found in the liver of sheep
Date
1668
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 293mm
width (page): 186mm
width (page): 186mm
Subject
Content object
Description
This is a translation of an article printed in the Journal des scavans (30 July 1668), the journal of the Royal Acadamy of Sciences in Paris. The author of the article is only mentioned as M. P.
The images are copied from the original French article, and depict (figures 1 and 2) a type of worm that can be found in the liver of sheep from Holland. The worms looked similar to the leaf of the plant or herb sideritis glabra aruensis (stone sage), a plant that was eaten by the sheep.
The images show the worm from the top (fig. 1) and the bottom (fig. 2), and the third image is of a leaf of the sideretis that looks like these worms, 'as Bauhin represents it in his Hist. of Plants'.
The images are copied from the original French article, and depict (figures 1 and 2) a type of worm that can be found in the liver of sheep from Holland. The worms looked similar to the leaf of the plant or herb sideritis glabra aruensis (stone sage), a plant that was eaten by the sheep.
The images show the worm from the top (fig. 1) and the bottom (fig. 2), and the third image is of a leaf of the sideretis that looks like these worms, 'as Bauhin represents it in his Hist. of Plants'.
Transcription
Extract of a letter of M.P. to [blank]
concerning worms found in the liver of some Animals.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
concerning worms found in the liver of some Animals.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
The image was first printed in: 'Extrait d'une lettre de M.P. à M. *** sur le suiet de vers qui se trouvnt dans le foye de quelques Animaux', Journal des Sçavans (30 July 1668), 66-68 (p. 68).
This image is used again by Henricus Snellen in his printed dissertation of 1698 (30 years later), with the same reference to Bauhin's book.
This image is used again by Henricus Snellen in his printed dissertation of 1698 (30 years later), with the same reference to Bauhin's book.
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