Tooth in ovary and bladder stone
Date
1680
Creator
Henry Hunt (British) , Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p107
Material
Dimensions
height (vellum): 84mm
width (vellum): 142mm
width (vellum): 142mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Image of a tooth found in the ovary of a woman and of a bladder stone, found by Edward Tyson and reported to the meeting of the Royal Society on 11 March 1680. It was printed in Philosophical Collections, 2 (1681).
Transcription
below the images: a tooth found in the Testicle of woman, a stone out of the blader, ad vivum delin. H. Hunt/ A stone out of the blader
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
26 February 1680, ‘Dr. Tyson upon occasion mentioned a strange observation of his, of hair found in the ovarium of a woman, who lately died; which hair he also shewed. He remarked also, that he had found something like it in the ovary of a bitch. He was desired to bring in an account thereof in writing’ (Birch 4:18).
11 March 1680, ‘Dr. Tyson read his account of the anatomical observations made by him concerning hair, etc. found in the ovary of a woman; and he presented the substances in a box, which were delivered to Mr. Hunt for the repository; and the account was ordered to be registered’ (Birch 4:26). The account, however, does not appear in the Register Book.
The objects are recorded in Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or a Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge (London: W. Rawlins, 1681), pp. 8-9.
Figs 1-2 in E. Tyson, ‘Anatomical observations of hair found in several parts of the body as also teeth, bones, etc.’, Philosophical Collections, 2 (1681), pp. 11-17.
11 March 1680, ‘Dr. Tyson read his account of the anatomical observations made by him concerning hair, etc. found in the ovary of a woman; and he presented the substances in a box, which were delivered to Mr. Hunt for the repository; and the account was ordered to be registered’ (Birch 4:26). The account, however, does not appear in the Register Book.
The objects are recorded in Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or a Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge (London: W. Rawlins, 1681), pp. 8-9.
Figs 1-2 in E. Tyson, ‘Anatomical observations of hair found in several parts of the body as also teeth, bones, etc.’, Philosophical Collections, 2 (1681), pp. 11-17.
Related fellows
Edward Tyson (1650 - 1708, British) , Physician
Associated place