Unpublished paper, 'A contribution to the minute anatomy of the retina of amphibia and reptiles' by J W [John Whitaker] Hulke

Description

Hulke examines the retina of the frog, the black and yellow salamander, the edible turtle, the water- and the land-tortoise, the Spanish Gecko, the blindworm, and the common snake. The method adopted is to examine the retina (where possible) immediately after decapitation of the animal, alone and with chemical agents; and to make sections of the retina hardened in alcohol or in an aqueous solution of chromic acid, staining them with iodine or carmine, and adding glycerine, pure and diluted, to make them transparent. Hulke summarises the results of his examinations.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes 13 pages of anatomical figures.

Subject: Zoology / Herpetology

Received 4 February 1864. Read 18 February 1864. Communicated by William Bowman.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 13 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'A contribution to the minute anatomy of the retina of amphibia and reptiles'.

Reference number

AP/46/4

Earliest possible date

1864

Physical description

Ink and graphite pencil on paper

Page extent

93 pages

Format

Drawing
Manuscript