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Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object numberRCSHC/1300 Scientific nameScorpiones CollectionHunterian CategoryWet preparations Object nameBody, Nervous System (Hunterian classification), Mounted wet tissue DescriptionA scorpion dissected to show 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) Dimensions whole height: 157 mm whole diameter: 60 mm whole weight: 4080 g Bibliography SourceDobson 1970-71 Transcript1300: A preparation of the nervous system of a Scorpion (Scorpio sp.). This specimen, which is in a very bad state of preservation, bore the following, but inaccurate, original description: 'A scorpion; the brain dissected, which is a ring, the nerves going out as radii from a centre.'

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Object numberRCSHC/1300

Scientific nameScorpiones

CollectionHunterian

CategoryWet preparations

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

DescriptionA scorpion dissected to show 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)

Dimensions

whole height: 157 mm
whole diameter: 60 mm
whole weight: 4080 g

Bibliography

SourceDobson 1970-71

Transcript1300: A preparation of the nervous system of a Scorpion (Scorpio sp.). This specimen, which is in a very bad state of preservation, bore the following, but inaccurate, original description: 'A scorpion; the brain dissected, which is a ring, the nerves going out as radii from a centre.'

Physical Location

Physical Information

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