Lectures On Comparative Anatomy: In Which Are Explained The Preparations In The Hunterian Collection - Softcover

Everard Home

Softcover

ISBN 10: 037177960X ISBN 13: 9780371779606

Publisher: HardPress, 1813

Synopsis

Lectures On Comparative Anatomy: In Which Are Explained The Preparations In The Hunterian Collection : Illustrated By Engravings ; In Two Volumes by Everard Home. This two-volume work presents the Hunterian Collection as a foundational resource for the study of comparative anatomy, offering a public-facing exposition of Mr. Hunter’s extensive preparations and the scheme by which they are organized. The first course of lectures surveys the general distribution of preparations illustrating the animal economy, from the most simple structures to the most complex, and situates the collection within the broader context of anatomical science and Harvey’s circulation. The text then proceeds through a sequence of lectures on organs of motion, digestion, skeleton, joints, teeth, stomachs, and the intestines across various taxa—mishes, birds, reptiles, fishes—highlighting the diversity of form and function and the evolutionary logic behind their arrangement. A second course, delivered later, theorizes about physiological processes, including the passage of fluids from the cardiac portion of the stomach into the circulation, and reports experimental findings and methodological cautions. The work is a landmark in early 19th-century anatomy, synthesizing Hunter’s legacy with systematic pedagogy for the advancement of comparative anatomy.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 1813
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 037177960X
• ISBN 13: 9780371779606
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512