| Reference number | PP/13/31/3 |
| Previous numbers | PP/45/34 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagrams, 'European', 'Australian' and 'chimpanzee' spinal curvature by Daniel John Cunningham |
| Date | 1889 |
| Description | Three side-by-side diagrams, labelled figure 1, which compare 'Australian' [Aboriginal], 'European' and 'chimpanzee' spinal columns. These are the spines of an unnamed 16-year-old Aboriginal girl and an unnamed 35-year-old Irish woman. The cervical and lumbar vertebrae are shaded in black ink. There are notes in pencil and ink, including 'association of LV5 [lumbar vertebra] with the sacrum in low races [sic] and in chimpanzees'.
Subject: Anatomy / Physiology / Anthropology
Prints of these diagrams were published in volume 45 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'The spinal curvature in an aboriginal Australian'. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Print |
| Diagram |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1888.0120 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA2859 | Cunningham; Daniel John (1850 - 1909) | 1850 - 1909 |