| Reference number | MC/13/116 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from T [Thomas] Wharton Jones, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, to [Thomas Henry Huxley], President of the Royal Society and to the Council |
| Creator | Jones; Thomas Wharton (1808-1891); British ophthalmologist; physiologist |
| Date | 9 December 1884 |
| Description | Critiquing a point made in the obituary notice of Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas regarding [Carl] Baer's research on the mammalian ovum. Jones denies that Prevost and Dumas' research was precursor to Baer's and claims they were preceded by Cruikshank. He hopes the statement will be corrected.
[For reply, see related record.] |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | MS/427/405 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3182 | Jones; Thomas Wharton (1808 - 1891) | 1808 - 1891 |
| NA8243 | Huxley; Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895) | 1825 - 1895 |