Volume 1

Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the physiological series of comparative anatomy contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London / [By R. Owen].

Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum

Date:: 1833-40

Credit: Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the physiological series of comparative anatomy contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London / [By R. Owen]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$2. Animal Matter. 2. Blood as it coagulates after extravasation. 3. Muscle. [From an ostrich.] 4. Tendon. [From the leg of an ostrich.] 5. Elastic Ligament. [The ligamentum nucli8e of a calf.] 6. Cartilage. [The thyroid cartilage of a turtle (Chelonia Mydas, Brongn.)~\ 7. Bone. [Lumbar vertebrae and os sacrum of a quadruped.] 8. Gland. [The kidney of a lion.] 9. Brain. [Of the Lemur Mongoz.] 10. Nerve. 11. Cellular or connecting membrane. [Portion of the human scrotum.] 12. Investing membrane. [Portion of the human testis, surrounded by the tunica vaginalis.] 13. Cuticle. [From the hand of a child.] 14. Calcareous earth. [The camp olive (Oliva porphyria, Lam.)\ 15. Oil. [Portion of the skin and fat of aporpesse (Phocaena communis, Cuv.)J Series II. Sap ancl Blood; their different kinds. 16. Sap of the willow (Salix capraea) coagulated naturally, or inspissated. 17- Sap of the willow coagulated chemically, or precipitated, by means of the super-acetate of lead used in the form of Goulard’s extract. 18. Sap of the willow similarly treated. 19. Sap of the willow similarly treated. 20. Sap of the onion (Allium Cepa) coagulated. 21. Sap of the onion, showing the same circumstance. 22. Blood of the lobster (Astacus marinus. Fab.) coagulated; as an example of limpid or colourless blood. b 2$