Unpublished paper, 'On the nervous system of Lumbricus terrestris [common earthworm]' by J [Jacob Augustus] Lockhart Clarke

Description

In the summer of 1855, with the view of throwing some light on other researches in human anatomy, in which he was already engaged, Clarke undertook some anatomical inquiries on the nervous system of Invertebrata. Finding them to occupy more time than he could spare, he was compelled to relinquish the pursuit after having made many interesting but desultory observations on various animals. As he had proceeded, however, to a considerable extent with the nervous system of Lumbricus terrestris, and discovered in it much that is important and was hitherto unknown, he has thought it expedient to resume and complete this portion of the subject. Before treating of the nervous system it was necessary to give some account of the organs of prehension, deglutition and digestion, which Clarke describes from his own dissections and observations.

Includes five pages of anatomical figures.

Subject: Anatomy / Physiology / Zoology

Received 18 December 1856.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the nervous system of Lumbricus terrestris'.

Reference number

AP/39/8

Earliest possible date

1856

Physical description

Ink on paper

Page extent

68 pages

Format

Drawing
Manuscript