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Paper, 'On the structure and development of the Cysticercus cellulosae, as found in the muscles of the pig' by George Rainey

Reference number: PT/56/8

Date: 1857

Description

38 manuscript pages and four plates showing the anatomy and development of the Cysticercus cellulosae.

Subject: Zoology / Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the structure and development of the cysticercus cellulosæ, as found in the muscles of the pig'.

Communicated by R D [Robert Dundas] Thomson. Received by the Royal Society on 16 January 1857. Read 19 March 1857.

Abstract 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 8, 1857.

Reference number
PT/56/8
Earliest possible date
1857
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Ink on paper
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42 pages
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Manuscript

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George Rainey

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George Rainey, Paper, 'On the structure and development of the Cysticercus cellulosae, as found in the muscles of the pig' by George Rainey, 1857, PT/56/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_56_8/paper-on-the-structure-and-development-of-the-cysticercus-cellulosae-as-found-in-the-muscles-of-the-pig-by-george-rainey, accessed on 13 October 2024

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    Dates: 1802-1865

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