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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Illustrations of the mammalian eye by George Lindsay Johnson and Arthur William Head

Reference number: MS/697

Date: 1901-1972

Description

Illustrations by Arthur William Head and George Lindsay Johnson for Lindsay Johnson's papers on the comparative anatomy of the mammalian eye.

Paper initially abstracted in 'Proceedings of the Royal Society' Volume 66, 1900.

Paper published as 'Contributions to the comparative anatomy of the mammalian eye, chiefly based on ophthalmoscopic examination' in Philosophical Transactions' B Volume 194, 1901 inlcuding 50 coloured figures of mammalian fundi and 4 further plates of black and white figures and diagrams.

A further 50 illustrations that did not appear in this first paper were published as 'Ophthalmoscopic studies on the eyes of mammals' in 'Philosophical Transactions' B Volume 254, 1968, after Lindsay Johnson's death .

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Reference number
MS/697
Earliest possible date
1901-1972
Physical description
1 box of mostly watercolour illustrations mounted on card (68 sheets) and one box containing 160 35mm slides and accompanying documentation
Page extent
2 boxes (MS Box, large)

Creator names

George Lindsay Johnson

Arthur William Head

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George Lindsay Johnson, Arthur William Head, Illustrations of the mammalian eye by George Lindsay Johnson and Arthur William Head, 1901-1972, MS/697, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_697/illustrations-of-the-mammalian-eye-by-george-lindsay-johnson-and-arthur-william-head, accessed on 18 May 2025

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