Anatomy of the testis and portrait of Elizabeth Travers
Date
1669
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Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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width (paper): 205mm
height (paper): 265mm
height (paper): 265mm
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Three figures to issue 52 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, including the anatomy of the testis and portrait of Elizabeth Travers.
Fig. I Anatomical study of the human testis after the tunica albuginea is removed. Observed by Dr Edmond King in his letter dated 17 December 1668.
Fig. II Anatomical study of the testis, dissected and preserved in spirit of wine, described as a ‘curious heap of strings’. Observed by Regnier de Graaf in his Letter dated 25 July 1669 at Delft.
Fig III Portrait of Elizabeth Travers with excessively swollen breasts.
Inscribed ‘Trans No.52’
Fig. I-II Illustration to Some observations concerning the organs of generation, made by Dr. Edmund King, a Fellow of the R. Society, and by Dr Regnerus de Graeff, Physitian in Holland; which later occasioned the publishing of the former, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 4, issue 52, pp.1043-1047 (17 October 1669). The original letter by de Graaf can be found in the Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/G1/6 and recorded in the Letter Book LBO/29/106.The original letter by Edmond King can be found in the Classified Papers of the Royal Society CLP/12i/20 and recorded in the Register Book RBO/4/10.
Fig. III Illustration to An extract of a letter written by the learned Dr. William Darfton, physitian at Plimouth, to the right honorable the Lord Vice-Count Brouncker as President of the R. Society; concerning a very sudden and excesive swelling of a womans breasts published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 4, issue 52, pp.1047-1050 (17 October 1669). The original letter, together with the tape that measured her swollen breasts can be found in the Early Letters of the Royal Society, EL/D1/11.
Regnier de Graaf (1641-1673) Dutch physician.
Edmond King (1629-1709, British), Physician, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1666.
Fig. I Anatomical study of the human testis after the tunica albuginea is removed. Observed by Dr Edmond King in his letter dated 17 December 1668.
Fig. II Anatomical study of the testis, dissected and preserved in spirit of wine, described as a ‘curious heap of strings’. Observed by Regnier de Graaf in his Letter dated 25 July 1669 at Delft.
Fig III Portrait of Elizabeth Travers with excessively swollen breasts.
Inscribed ‘Trans No.52’
Fig. I-II Illustration to Some observations concerning the organs of generation, made by Dr. Edmund King, a Fellow of the R. Society, and by Dr Regnerus de Graeff, Physitian in Holland; which later occasioned the publishing of the former, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 4, issue 52, pp.1043-1047 (17 October 1669). The original letter by de Graaf can be found in the Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/G1/6 and recorded in the Letter Book LBO/29/106.The original letter by Edmond King can be found in the Classified Papers of the Royal Society CLP/12i/20 and recorded in the Register Book RBO/4/10.
Fig. III Illustration to An extract of a letter written by the learned Dr. William Darfton, physitian at Plimouth, to the right honorable the Lord Vice-Count Brouncker as President of the R. Society; concerning a very sudden and excesive swelling of a womans breasts published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 4, issue 52, pp.1047-1050 (17 October 1669). The original letter, together with the tape that measured her swollen breasts can be found in the Early Letters of the Royal Society, EL/D1/11.
Regnier de Graaf (1641-1673) Dutch physician.
Edmond King (1629-1709, British), Physician, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1666.
Related fellows
Edmond King (1629 - 1709, British) , Knight Physician, Physician
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