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Drawing, medulla oblongata and pons varolii by S [Samuel] Solly

Reference number: PT/74/3/28

Date: 1836

Description

Plate 38, figure 2 showing an anatomical study of the medulla oblongata and pons varolii [pons] in the brain. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in graphite bottom left 'Drawn by S Solly.' The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the connexion of the anterior columns of the spinal cord with the cerebellum' by Samuel Solly.

Received by the Royal Society on 26 April 1836. Read 19 May 1836.

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PT/74/3/28
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1836
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Graphite on artists' paper
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1 page
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Drawing

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Samuel Solly

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Samuel Solly, Drawing, medulla oblongata and pons varolii by S [Samuel] Solly, 1836, PT/74/3/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_3_28/drawing-medulla-oblongata-and-pons-varolii-by-s-samuel-solly, accessed on 12 June 2025

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