Anatomy of a scallop
Date
1697
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Subject
Content object
Description
Anatomical study of a scallop, here styled Pectinis.
Inscribed ‘Pectinis Anatome. Transact No. 229.’
Key
‘aaa. os caputque. bb. meconium aterrimum. c. cor prout subter membranam latitat. dd. pericardium, an vesica urinaria rhomboidos. eeeee. intestinum rectum pericardio super equitans. fffff. magnus musculus centralis. gg. alius muscukus lacerates testis fortiter adhaerens. hhhh. branchiae internae. ii. uteri prolongati exitus, doubus for aminibus distinctus tanquam in androgynis. kk. uteri pars superior albida. lll. uteri pars inferior crocea. mmmmm. lumbus variegatus sive musculus retiarius secundus.’
Plate to The anatomy of the scallop by Martin Lister, published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.19, issue 229 (May 1697) pp.567-570.
Martin Lister (1639-1712), British physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1671.
Inscribed ‘Pectinis Anatome. Transact No. 229.’
Key
‘aaa. os caputque. bb. meconium aterrimum. c. cor prout subter membranam latitat. dd. pericardium, an vesica urinaria rhomboidos. eeeee. intestinum rectum pericardio super equitans. fffff. magnus musculus centralis. gg. alius muscukus lacerates testis fortiter adhaerens. hhhh. branchiae internae. ii. uteri prolongati exitus, doubus for aminibus distinctus tanquam in androgynis. kk. uteri pars superior albida. lll. uteri pars inferior crocea. mmmmm. lumbus variegatus sive musculus retiarius secundus.’
Plate to The anatomy of the scallop by Martin Lister, published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.19, issue 229 (May 1697) pp.567-570.
Martin Lister (1639-1712), British physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1671.
Related fellows
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
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