Kidney and spleen of a sheep
Date
1706
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Article identifier
Material
Technique
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Description
2 tables from issue 307 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Table 1, Figure 1. Anatomical study of the external surface of the kidney of a sheep, showing a hydatid, prior to dissection.
Figure 2. Anatomical study of the internal surface of the hydatid, after dissection.
Figure 3. Anatomical study of the hydatid, opened.
Illustrations to ‘Of hydatides inclosed with a stony crust in the kidny of a sheep’ by William Cowper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 25, issue 307 (September 1706).
Table 2, Figures 1-3. Anatomical study of the membrane of the spleen of a lamb.
Figure 4. The sting and its sheath of a flea, Siphonaptera.
Illustrations to ‘V. Microscopical observations on the structure of the spleen, and the proboscis of fleas’ by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 25, issue 307 (September 1706). Original letter from Leeuwenhoek containing these images can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/L4/5.
William Cowper (c.1666-1709) British surgeon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1699, and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch microscopist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680.
Table 1, Figure 1. Anatomical study of the external surface of the kidney of a sheep, showing a hydatid, prior to dissection.
Figure 2. Anatomical study of the internal surface of the hydatid, after dissection.
Figure 3. Anatomical study of the hydatid, opened.
Illustrations to ‘Of hydatides inclosed with a stony crust in the kidny of a sheep’ by William Cowper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 25, issue 307 (September 1706).
Table 2, Figures 1-3. Anatomical study of the membrane of the spleen of a lamb.
Figure 4. The sting and its sheath of a flea, Siphonaptera.
Illustrations to ‘V. Microscopical observations on the structure of the spleen, and the proboscis of fleas’ by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 25, issue 307 (September 1706). Original letter from Leeuwenhoek containing these images can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/L4/5.
William Cowper (c.1666-1709) British surgeon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1699, and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch microscopist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680.
Related fellows
William Cowper (1661 - 1709, British) , Surgeon
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Microscopist
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Microscopist
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