Paper, 'Observations on the orifaces found in certain poisonous snakes; some further remarks' by Patrick Russell and Everard Home
Reference number: L&P/12/68
Date: 1803
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Contains three plates.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the orifices found in certain poisonous snakes, situated between the nostril and the eye. By Patrick Russell, M.D. F. R. S. With some remarks on the structure of those orifices ; and the description of a bag connected with the eye, met with in the same snakes. By Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S'
Read 2 February 1804
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- L&P/12/68
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- 1803
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- Ink on paper and three plates
- Page extent
- 17 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Patrick Russell, Everard Home, Paper, 'Observations on the orifaces found in certain poisonous snakes; some further remarks' by Patrick Russell and Everard Home, 1803, L&P/12/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_68/paper-observations-on-the-orifaces-found-in-certain-poisonous-snakes-some-further-remarks-by-patrick-russell-and-everard-home, accessed on 18 January 2026
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VI. Observations on the orifices found in certain poisonous snakes, situated between the nostril and the eye. By Patrick Russell, M.D. F. R. S. With some remarks on the structure of those orifices ; and the description of a bag connected with the eye, met with in the same snakes. By Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1804
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1804.0008
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Decade 12 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1801-1806 Reference number: L&P/12
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