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Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object numberRCSHC/1298 Scientific nameScolopendra morsitans CollectionHunterian CategoryWet preparations Object nameBody, Nervous System (Hunterian classification), Mounted wet tissue DescriptionA centipede with tissue dissected to show a lateral view of the nervous system. Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1793 Preparator‎ Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist, London Owner/user Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist presented Trustees of the Hunterian Collection (1799) Physical Location LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 4: The Long Gallery Physical Information Physical descriptionWet preparation of tissue mounted in a circular glass jar with a glass lid. Materialglass (material) Scolopendra morsitans Dimensions whole height: 191 mm whole diameter: 41 mm whole weight: 1370 g Bibliography SourceDobson 1970-71 Transcript1298: A Centipede (Scolopendra morsitans) with the integument and muscles removed from the right side so as to give a lateral view of the nervous system. Hunter's description of this specimen is as follows: 'Centipede - the brain a small roundish body laid bare: the two great nerves going to the tail with ganglions at the places where they give off nerves, as in the Lobster.' The part above alluded to as the brain is the large suboesophageal ganglion; the union of the connectives above the oesophagus is not shown. The ventral position of the ganglia and the nerves given off from them are well displayed in this preparation.

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Object numberRCSHC/1298

Scientific nameScolopendra morsitans

CollectionHunterian

CategoryWet preparations

Object nameBody, Nervous System (Hunterian classification), Mounted wet tissue

DescriptionA centipede with tissue dissected to show a lateral view of the nervous system.

Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1793

Preparator‎

Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist, London

Owner/user

Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist

presented

Trustees of the Hunterian Collection (1799)

Physical Location

LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 4: The Long Gallery

Physical Information

Physical descriptionWet preparation of tissue mounted in a circular glass jar with a glass lid.

Materialglass (material)

Scolopendra morsitans

Dimensions

whole height: 191 mm
whole diameter: 41 mm
whole weight: 1370 g

Bibliography

SourceDobson 1970-71

Transcript1298: A Centipede (Scolopendra morsitans) with the integument and muscles removed from the right side so as to give a lateral view of the nervous system. Hunter's description of this specimen is as follows: 'Centipede - the brain a small roundish body laid bare: the two great nerves going to the tail with ganglions at the places where they give off nerves, as in the Lobster.' The part above alluded to as the brain is the large suboesophageal ganglion; the union of the connectives above the oesophagus is not shown. The ventral position of the ganglia and the nerves given off from them are well displayed in this preparation.

Physical Location

Physical Information

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