Anatomy of a rattlesnake
Date
1683
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 150mm
width (page): 213mm
width (page): 213mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three figures from issue 144 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, depicting the anatomy of a rattlesnake, Crotalus.
Figure 1. Study of the main body, containing the lungs, heart, gullet and stomach.
Figure 2. Study of the main body, containing the intestines, gall bladder, pancreas and anus.
Figure 3. Study of the hemipenis.
Illustrations to ‘Vipera caudi-sona Americana, or the anatomy of a rattlesnake, dissected at the repository of the Royal Society in January 1692’ by Edward Tyson in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 13, issue 144 (10 February 1683).
Edward Tyson (1651-1708) British physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1679.
Figure 1. Study of the main body, containing the lungs, heart, gullet and stomach.
Figure 2. Study of the main body, containing the intestines, gall bladder, pancreas and anus.
Figure 3. Study of the hemipenis.
Illustrations to ‘Vipera caudi-sona Americana, or the anatomy of a rattlesnake, dissected at the repository of the Royal Society in January 1692’ by Edward Tyson in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 13, issue 144 (10 February 1683).
Edward Tyson (1651-1708) British physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1679.
Related fellows
Edward Tyson (1650 - 1708, British) , Physician
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