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Paper, 'Some observations made in an ostrich [Struthio camelus] dissected by order of Hans Sloane' by John Ranby

Reference number: CLP/15ii/1

Date: 1724

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Ranby shares a detailed overview of the dissection of an ostrich. Includes an explanation of a figure though no figure is attached.

Subject: Veterinary medicine / Anatomy

Read to the Royal Society on 12 November 1724

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Some observations made in an ostrich, dissected by order of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart'

Reference number
CLP/15ii/1
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1724
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Ink on paper
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13 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ranby

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John Ranby, Paper, 'Some observations made in an ostrich [Struthio camelus] dissected by order of Hans Sloane' by John Ranby, 1724, CLP/15ii/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15ii_1/paper-some-observations-made-in-an-ostrich-struthio-camelus-dissected-by-order-of-hans-sloane-by-john-ranby, accessed on 19 May 2026

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