Anatomy of the tapeworm
Date
21 December 1709
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p5a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 87mm
width (page): 180mm
width (page): 180mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figures of the 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'.
This image was copied into the Register Books (RBO/9/243).
The figures show the joints from the tail of the tapeworm, and L is marked as 'very near its natural size'.
This image was copied into the Register Books (RBO/9/243).
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 was read to the Royal Society on 21 December 1709 (JBO/11/188).
Related fellows
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place