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Brown describes the anatomy of an ostrich.

Subject: Zoology / Ornithology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the dissection of an oestridge sent to the Royal Society by Dr. Edward Brown, Fellow of the said Society, and of the Colledge of Physicians.'

Read to the Royal Society on 1 March 1681

Reference number
CLP/15i/34
Earliest possible date
1681
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Edward Brown

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Edward Brown, Paper, 'An account of the dissection of an oestridge [ostrich]' by Edward Brown, 1681, CLP/15i/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_34/paper-an-account-of-the-dissection-of-an-oestridge-ostrich-by-edward-brown, accessed on 04 December 2025

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    The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.

    Dates: 1592 - 1741

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