Volume 1

Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the physiological series of comparative anatomy contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England / with a preface by C. Stewart.

Date:
1900-1907
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Credit: Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the physiological series of comparative anatomy contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England / with a preface by C. Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    seven yt?tn's, and may be considered one of the oldest, ii' not the oldest Hnntevian preparation in the collection. The latest date which can be attached to any prejtaration in the present manu- script catjilogiie is 1764 ; the prepai'ation is tiie duodenum of a woman who died of a dysentery, and whose case is descrii)ed in •• Dissection 78, of Morbid Bodies, winter of 1 7<J4. The second descriptive document, called the small catalogue, is a small octavo manuscript without date, in the huudwriting of Mr. William Bell, and of others who assisted Mr. Hunter. The number of the ])liysiological preparations noticed or de- scribed in this catalogue is 561. The most valuable of the original Hunterian documents rela- ting to the present department of the (-oUection i.s tlie third, or quarto catalogue. It consists of twenty thin fasciculi, in 4to, in the handwriting of Mr. William Bell and others, with additions and corrections written by Mr. Hunter himself. The following are the Titles of the ' Fasciculi,' and their order of succession. Some of the titles are in Mr. Huuter^s hand- writing :— No. 1. Simple animal matter and moving parts. No. 2. Growth of bone, horn *, &c. No. 3. Composition of the skeleton, application of muscles, &c. No. 4. Stomachs. No. 5. Intestines. No. 6. Absorbents. No. 7. Hearts, blood-vessels, &c. No. 8. Respiratory organs. No. 9. Kidneys. ' No. 10. Brain and nerves. No. 11. The seases. No. 12. Cellular membrane, fat. No. 13. Coverings of Inrds. No. 14. Cuticle, hair, horn, hoofs, &c. No. 15 Horn, cuticle, &c. No. K). Growth of teeth, feathers, hair, horn, &c. * Autler, or the bony Imrii ot' deer, is liere meant.