Account of the organ of hearing in fish / By John Hunter.

  • John Hunter
Date:
1782]
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Credit: Account of the organ of hearing in fish / By John Hunter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    5/14 page 379
    XXIII. Account of the Organ of Hearing in By John Hunter, Efq. P. Rf S, Read Nov, 14, 178^* NATURAL hiftory has ever been confidered a$ worthy the attention qf the curious philofopher, and therefore has In all ages kept pace with the other branches of know? ledge; and as both arts and fciences have, of late years, been cultivated to a degree, perhaps, beyond what was ever known before, we find alfo, that natural hiftory has not been neg~ leCted ; all Europe appears to be awake to it. In this iftand it has been purfued with more philofophic ardour, than what was ever known in any country. It has become the ftudy of men of independent fortunes, who not only fpend their fortunes in the cultivation of this fcience, but have rifqued their health and lives in purfuit of it, fearching unknown regions to im- prove mankind, fettling correfpondences every where, fo as to bring in its materials into this country, in order to make it the fchool of natural hiftory. It is no wonder, then, that a fpirit of inquiry is diffufed through almoft all ranks of men ; and that though many cannot purfue it themfelv.es, yet they are eager to know what is already known, chufing at ieaft to benefit by the induftry of others. Thefe reflections have induced me to trouble this learned Society with a Ihort account of the Organ of Hearing in D d d 2 Fifh,
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