Spermatozoon and dissected double cat
Date
1685
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ten figures from issue 174 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figure 1. Anatomical study of the genitals of a female dog, cut open, showing the uterus and ovaries.
Figure 2. Detail view of the uterine tubes of a female dog.
Figure 3-4. Microscopic study of the spermatozoon of a dog.
Figure 5. Microscopic study of the spermatozoon of a rabbit.
Illustrations to ‘An abstract of a letter of Mr. Leeuwenhoeck Fellow of the R. Society, dated March 30th. 1685. To the R. S. concerning generation by an insect’ by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 174 (22 August 1685).
Figure 6. Zoological study of the exterior of a ‘double cat’, showing its tails, feet, naval, mouth, nostrils and ears.
Figure 7-8. Anatomical study of the internal organs of the ‘double cat’, showing its stomach, guts, anus, liver and kidneys.
Figure 9. Anatomical study of the skull of the ‘double cat’, with its two necks.
Figure 10. Anatomical study of the two diaphragms of a double cat, cut open.
Illustrations to ‘A discourse on the dissection of a monstrous double catt; read before the Dublin Society by Dr. Mullen’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 174 (22 August 1685).
Figure 1. Anatomical study of the genitals of a female dog, cut open, showing the uterus and ovaries.
Figure 2. Detail view of the uterine tubes of a female dog.
Figure 3-4. Microscopic study of the spermatozoon of a dog.
Figure 5. Microscopic study of the spermatozoon of a rabbit.
Illustrations to ‘An abstract of a letter of Mr. Leeuwenhoeck Fellow of the R. Society, dated March 30th. 1685. To the R. S. concerning generation by an insect’ by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 174 (22 August 1685).
Figure 6. Zoological study of the exterior of a ‘double cat’, showing its tails, feet, naval, mouth, nostrils and ears.
Figure 7-8. Anatomical study of the internal organs of the ‘double cat’, showing its stomach, guts, anus, liver and kidneys.
Figure 9. Anatomical study of the skull of the ‘double cat’, with its two necks.
Figure 10. Anatomical study of the two diaphragms of a double cat, cut open.
Illustrations to ‘A discourse on the dissection of a monstrous double catt; read before the Dublin Society by Dr. Mullen’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 174 (22 August 1685).
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Microscopist
Allen Moulin (1653 - 1690, British) , Anatomist
Allen Moulin (1653 - 1690, British) , Anatomist
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