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Reference numberPP/21/10/2
Previous numbersPP/51-53/12
LevelItem
TitleFigures, motor cells by J [James] Cossar Ewart
Date1893
DescriptionOne page of pencil figures, labelled 1-5, showing motor cells of the Raia (1, 4), Gymnotus (2) and Torpedo (3) compared with the motor cells of a mammal (5).

Subject: Neuroscience / Ichthyology

Prints of these figures were published in volume 53 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'The electric organ of the skate: Note on an electric centre in the spinal cord'.
Extent1p
FormatDrawing
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1893.0028
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8364Ewart; James Cossar (1851 - 1933)1851 - 1933
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