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was not possible, nor would it have been proper, to insert a complete system of
anatomy, or even a complete account of any of the complicated organs of which it
was composed. Short notices of discoveries and improvements were all that ...
was not possible, nor would it have been proper, to insert a complete system of
anatomy, or even a complete account of any of the complicated organs of which it
was composed. Short notices of discoveries and improvements were all that ...
Page 104
But the person who may be considered as having completed the description of
the muscles as far as structure, origin, and insertion are concerned, is Albinus,
the Prince of Anatomists. Bernard Siegfried Albinus, when scarcely 20 years of
age, ...
But the person who may be considered as having completed the description of
the muscles as far as structure, origin, and insertion are concerned, is Albinus,
the Prince of Anatomists. Bernard Siegfried Albinus, when scarcely 20 years of
age, ...
Page 113
Another reason has induced even those naturalists, whose immediate object was
not directed towards physiolo'gy, to pay particular attention to comparative
anatomy. It has been found that an accurate arrangement of animals into classes,
...
Another reason has induced even those naturalists, whose immediate object was
not directed towards physiolo'gy, to pay particular attention to comparative
anatomy. It has been found that an accurate arrangement of animals into classes,
...
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Contents
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION | 1 |
NATURAL HISTORY | 16 |
C5413 II _ On ZOOLOGY | 71 |
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| Title | History of the Royal Society, from Its Institution to the End of the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1 History of the Royal Society, from Its Institution to the End of the Eighteenth Century, Thomas Thomson, ISBN 1855069083, 9781855069084 |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Thoemmes, 2001 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 15 Oct 2013 |
| Length | 552 pages |
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