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Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object numberRCSHC/P 1238 Scientific nameHomo sapiens CollectionHunterian CategoryDry preparations Object nameLarynx, Trachea, Ossification, Heterotopic, Morbid Anatomy of the Larynx, Mounted dry tissue DescriptionA dried larynx and trachea showing ossification of the cartilages. The cartilage is recorded as having ossified due to the advancing age of the individual, although no information is given on the individual concerned. 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) Related objectsRCSHC/P 1239 Physical Location LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 4: The Long Gallery Physical Information Physical descriptionDry preparation of tissue mounted in a cuboid perspex container. Materialperspex Dimensions whole height: 159 mm whole width: 69 mm whole depth: 73 mm whole weight: 130 g Bibliography SourceProger 1966-1972 Vol. 2, page 170. TranscriptA larynx with the upper end of the trachea, dried. The whole of the cartilages, with the exception of two symmetrical oval areas near the angle of the thyroid, have undergone complete ossification ensuing upon senile calcification. SourceClift 1830 Part 2 NotesCatalogue number is 521. TranscriptThe cartilages of the larynx and trachea, ossified.

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Object numberRCSHC/P 1238

Object nameLarynx, Trachea, Ossification, Heterotopic, Morbid Anatomy of the Larynx, Mounted dry tissue

DescriptionA dried larynx and trachea showing ossification of the cartilages. The cartilage is recorded as having ossified due to the advancing age of the individual, although no information is given on the individual concerned.

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)

Related objectsRCSHC/P 1239

Physical Location

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

Physical Information

Physical descriptionDry preparation of tissue mounted in a cuboid perspex container.

Materialperspex

Dimensions

whole height: 159 mm
whole width: 69 mm
whole depth: 73 mm
whole weight: 130 g

Bibliography

SourceProger 1966-1972

Vol. 2, page 170.

TranscriptA larynx with the upper end of the trachea, dried. The whole of the cartilages, with the exception of two symmetrical oval areas near the angle of the thyroid, have undergone complete ossification ensuing upon senile calcification.

SourceClift 1830 Part 2

NotesCatalogue number is 521.

TranscriptThe cartilages of the larynx and trachea, ossified.

Physical Location

Physical Information

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