Anatomical study of worms
Date
1683
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
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Description
Five figures from issue 147 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, including anatomical studies of a roundworm, nematoda, and a geometric diagram.
Figures 1-2. Study of a male and female roundworm opened to show the internal organs.
Figure 3. Study of the genitalia of a female roundworm.
Figure 4. Microscopic study of the eggs of a roundworm.
Illustrations to ‘I. Lumbricus teres, or some anatomical observations on the round worm bred in humans’ by Edward Tyson in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 13, issue 147 (10 May 1683). Original illustrations available in Manuscripts General MS/618 (11r).
Figure 5. Geometric diagram illustrating a theory about vision. Illustration to ‘3. A continuation of a discourse about vision, with an examination of some late objections against it’ by William Briggs in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 13, issue 147 (10 May 1683).
Edward Tyson (1651-1708) British physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1679, and; William Briggs (1642-1704) British physician was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Figures 1-2. Study of a male and female roundworm opened to show the internal organs.
Figure 3. Study of the genitalia of a female roundworm.
Figure 4. Microscopic study of the eggs of a roundworm.
Illustrations to ‘I. Lumbricus teres, or some anatomical observations on the round worm bred in humans’ by Edward Tyson in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 13, issue 147 (10 May 1683). Original illustrations available in Manuscripts General MS/618 (11r).
Figure 5. Geometric diagram illustrating a theory about vision. Illustration to ‘3. A continuation of a discourse about vision, with an examination of some late objections against it’ by William Briggs in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 13, issue 147 (10 May 1683).
Edward Tyson (1651-1708) British physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1679, and; William Briggs (1642-1704) British physician was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Related fellows
Edward Tyson (1650 - 1708, British) , Physician
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