Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, on demonstrating vascular communication between uterus and placenta from Richd [Richard] Owen to Robert Lee

Reference number: PT/20/2

Date: 17 November 1831

Description

Letter printed as part of Lee's paper on human placentae. The manuscript for Lee's paper is found at PT/20/1.

Subject: Anatomy

Paper published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the structure of the human placenta, and its connexion with the uterus'.

Abstract of paper published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 3, 1837.

Reference number
PT/20/2
Earliest possible date
17 November 1831
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Richard Owen

View page for Richard Owen

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Richard Owen, Letter, on demonstrating vascular communication between uterus and placenta from Richd [Richard] Owen to Robert Lee, 17 November 1831, PT/20/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_20_2/letter-on-demonstrating-vascular-communication-between-uterus-and-placenta-from-richd-richard-owen-to-robert-lee, accessed on 15 October 2024

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_20_2/letter-on-demonstrating-vascular-communication-between-uterus-and-placenta-from-richd-richard-owen-to-robert-lee

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/pt_20_2/letter-on-demonstrating-vascular-communication-between-uterus-and-placenta-from-richd-richard-owen-to-robert-lee" title="Letter, on demonstrating vascular communication between uterus and placenta from Richd [Richard] Owen to Robert Lee" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Related Records

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Philosophical Transactions

    Dates: 1802-1865

    The 'Philosophical Transactions' collection comprises manuscript versions of papers published in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world’s first and longest continuously running journal dedicated to science.

    View collection