Descriptive Catalogue of the Physiological Series in the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Part 2: Hunterian Specimens Demonstrating the Products of Generation together with Surviving Hunterian Specimens from Other Sections
TitleDescriptive Catalogue of the Physiological Series in the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Part 2: Hunterian Specimens Demonstrating the Products of Generation together with Surviving Hunterian Specimens from Other Sections
ReferenceRCS-MUS/7/11/45
Level of descriptionfile
Date1971
Admin./ biographical historyPublished volume printed by E&S Livingstone, compiled by Jessie Dobson, 1971.
Following the loss of many specimens through the bombing of the College in 1941 the collections were re-organised and the Museum re-opened in 1963 with the name 'The Hunterian Museum', to show the new emphasis on Hunter's original collections, and the loss or de-accessioning of many of the later additions to the Museum. The foreword and preface to the volume note that Hunter's original arrangement and Owen's original numbering system have been restored. The majority of the descriptions in the catalogue, along with the opening descriptions of the physiological system described, are primarily copied from Hunter and Owen's original writings and catalogues.
Following the loss of many specimens through the bombing of the College in 1941 the collections were re-organised and the Museum re-opened in 1963 with the name 'The Hunterian Museum', to show the new emphasis on Hunter's original collections, and the loss or de-accessioning of many of the later additions to the Museum. The foreword and preface to the volume note that Hunter's original arrangement and Owen's original numbering system have been restored. The majority of the descriptions in the catalogue, along with the opening descriptions of the physiological system described, are primarily copied from Hunter and Owen's original writings and catalogues.
Scope and ContentVolume includes a foreword, preface, table of contents, catalogue arranged by physiological system with numbers, descriptions of specimens, and introductions to each system, biographical notes and index.
Extent1 volume
LanguageEnglish
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