Anatomy of an opossum
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1704
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Five figures from issue 290 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, depicting the anatomy of a male opossum.
Figure I. External view of the opossum’s lower half, showing the soles of its hind feet, scrotum and cloaca.
Figures II-III. Anatomical study of the reproductive and other internal organs, including the penis, testicles, anal canal, prostate, bladder, urethra, kidneys and vena cava.
Figure IV-V. The fore and back part of the penis.
Illustrations to ‘A letter to Dr Edward Tyson. Giving an account of the anatomy of those parts of a male opossum that differ from the female’ by William Cowper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 24, issue 290 (April 1704). Original proofs of these illustrations can be found in MS/618, p.27-28.
William Cowper (c.1666-1709) British surgeon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1699.
Figure I. External view of the opossum’s lower half, showing the soles of its hind feet, scrotum and cloaca.
Figures II-III. Anatomical study of the reproductive and other internal organs, including the penis, testicles, anal canal, prostate, bladder, urethra, kidneys and vena cava.
Figure IV-V. The fore and back part of the penis.
Illustrations to ‘A letter to Dr Edward Tyson. Giving an account of the anatomy of those parts of a male opossum that differ from the female’ by William Cowper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 24, issue 290 (April 1704). Original proofs of these illustrations can be found in MS/618, p.27-28.
William Cowper (c.1666-1709) British surgeon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1699.
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William Cowper (1748, British) , Surgeon
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