| Reference number | PT/75/2/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawings, Malpighian bodies in the livers of various animals by [William Bowman] |
| Date | [1842] |
| Description | Plate 4, figures 1-17 showing Malpighian bodies in the livers of various animals, including a horse, a rabbit, a human, a guinea pig, a parrot, a boa constrictor, and a frog. The last two figures show diagrams of renal circulation in mammalia. Inscribed with publication and plate details recto and verso. Figures drawn separately and mounted onto backing sheet. Not signed.
Subject: Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the structure and use of the Malpighian bodies of the kidney, with observations on the circulation through that gland' by William Bowman.
Received by the Royal Society on 14 February 1842. Read 17 February 1842. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Physical description | Graphite and watercolour on paper, mounted on paper |
| Dimensions | 282x214mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1842.0005 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0186 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/26/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3689 | Bowman; Sir; William (1816 - 1892) | 1816 - 1892 |