Anatomy of a hedgehog
Date
late 17th - early 18th century
Creator
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , Naturalist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p117
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 305mm
width (paper): 395mm
width (paper): 395mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Drawing and description of dissected parts of a hedgehog by Richard Waller, probably in conjunction with Edward Tyson.
Transcription
In Ink (in Richard Waller's hand): The Anatomie of an Hedge=Hog.
Fig. 1.
a. represents the tongue proportionably large in this sort of animal, that it ma be the better enabled to suck the cows by lapping the tongue about the teate of the baeste.
b. The roote of the Tongue
c. The Aspera Arteria
d.e.f. the right middle and left lobes of the full vessels.
Fig. 2.
shows the heart
Fig. 3.
The left kidney proportionably big.
Fig. 4. of the Baldder etc.
a. the bladder full of urine on wch the small vesells are visislbe
b. the Penis
cc. the Testicles
d.
Fig. 5.
The Milt
Fig. 6. of ye Liver
aaaaaaa the Lobes or divisons of the Liver wherein some smaller vessells are to be seen.
b. the vescica biliaria very Turgid.
Fig. 7. of the Stoamck & Gut
a. the Gula enterring the Stomack towards the middle.
b. The Stomack very full of cagulated milke
ccccc the fist Gut or ye Crassum about a yard Long
dddd, The Second or Gracile, about 1/2 a yard long
ee, The third or Amplissimum distended with wind
f. The fourth or Return about 1 inch & 1/2
g. the Anus. without the sent bags.
This animal hath no Caecum.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Fig. 1.
a. represents the tongue proportionably large in this sort of animal, that it ma be the better enabled to suck the cows by lapping the tongue about the teate of the baeste.
b. The roote of the Tongue
c. The Aspera Arteria
d.e.f. the right middle and left lobes of the full vessels.
Fig. 2.
shows the heart
Fig. 3.
The left kidney proportionably big.
Fig. 4. of the Baldder etc.
a. the bladder full of urine on wch the small vesells are visislbe
b. the Penis
cc. the Testicles
d.
Fig. 5.
The Milt
Fig. 6. of ye Liver
aaaaaaa the Lobes or divisons of the Liver wherein some smaller vessells are to be seen.
b. the vescica biliaria very Turgid.
Fig. 7. of the Stoamck & Gut
a. the Gula enterring the Stomack towards the middle.
b. The Stomack very full of cagulated milke
ccccc the fist Gut or ye Crassum about a yard Long
dddd, The Second or Gracile, about 1/2 a yard long
ee, The third or Amplissimum distended with wind
f. The fourth or Return about 1 inch & 1/2
g. the Anus. without the sent bags.
This animal hath no Caecum.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
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Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , Naturalist
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