Uterus and eggs
Date
1672
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
9 anatomical figures from issue 81 of The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figure I. Anatomical study of the uterus, ovaries and bladder.
Figures II – IV. Specimens of ovarian eggs, oocytes.
Figures V and VI. Specimens of ovarian eggs, oocytes, cut open.
Figures VII-IX. Skeletons of three infants as found in eggs at different stages post conception (3 weeks, 1 month and 6 weeks respectively).
Illustrations to ‘An account of what hath been of late observed by Dr. Kerkringius concerning eggs to be found in all sorts of females’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 7, issue 81 (25 March 1672).
Figure I. Anatomical study of the uterus, ovaries and bladder.
Figures II – IV. Specimens of ovarian eggs, oocytes.
Figures V and VI. Specimens of ovarian eggs, oocytes, cut open.
Figures VII-IX. Skeletons of three infants as found in eggs at different stages post conception (3 weeks, 1 month and 6 weeks respectively).
Illustrations to ‘An account of what hath been of late observed by Dr. Kerkringius concerning eggs to be found in all sorts of females’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 7, issue 81 (25 March 1672).
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