Account of the dissection of a young rorqual, or short whalebone whale, (the Balaena rostrata of Fabricius) : with a few observations on the anatomy of the foetal Mysticetus / by Dr. Knox.

  • Knox, Robert, 1791-1862.
Date:
[1834?]
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Credit: Account of the dissection of a young rorqual, or short whalebone whale, (the Balaena rostrata of Fabricius) : with a few observations on the anatomy of the foetal Mysticetus / by Dr. Knox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    /S3£. JO ACCOUNT OF THE DISSECTION OF A YOUNG RORQUAL, OR SHORT WHALEBONE WHALE, (THE BAL-rENA ROSTRATA OF FABRICIUS) ; WITH A FEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE ANATOMY OF THE FCETAL MYSTICETUS. In February 1834, a young Whalebone Whale was taken near the Queensferry, in the Frith of Forth. After being exhibited for a short time by the proprietors, it was purchased by the author of this memoir, and dissected as carefully as time and circumstances would permit. He requests naturalists to observe, that the term Rorqual is employed throughout this and the preceding memoir on the great Ba- laenoptera, dissected by him about two years ago, (an account of which was also read to the Society), in the sense employed by M. Cuvier, as designating “ Whalebone Whales, with longitudinal folds under BY DR KNOX.