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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

Description

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

Reference number
L&P/12/68
Earliest possible date
1803
Physical description
Ink on paper and three plates
Page extent
17 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Patrick Russell

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Everard Home

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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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