SurgiCat | Details |

Sidebar content	Main content
Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object numberRCSHC/P 777 Scientific namePanthera leo CollectionHunterian CategoryDry preparations Object nameTarsal bones, osteomyelitis, Morbid Anatomy of Bones - Animals, Un-mounted dry bone DescriptionA tarsal bone from a lion, showing low levels of subperiosteal new bone formation over two areas of its surface. The deposits are thick and of a porous nature, affecting only two sides of the bone. Those areas not covered with this thick deposit appear to have been completely unaffected by the subperiosteal inflammation. As with the previous preparations from this animal, while these changes indicate that the bone was chronically inflamed, it is not clear by what means. This is one of ten specimens of bones from the same animal (see related records). The source is not recorded by Hunter, but he is known to have received animals from the Royal Menagerie and from private menageries in London. These specimens were in Hunter's collection before 1789. Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1789 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 768RCSHC/P 769RCSHC/P 770RCSHC/P 771RCSHC/P 772RCSHC/P 773RCSHC/P 774RCSHC/P 775RCSHC/P 776 Physical Location LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions Physical Information Physical descriptionDry preparation of bone un-mounted. Dimensions whole weight: 6 g Bibliography SourceProger 1966-1972 Vol. 2, page 65. TranscriptOne of the tarsal bones of the same Lion, with some small nodulated formations of new bone on a portion of its surface. SourceCatalogue of Drawings 1828 Vol. 2, page 18. NotesListed in William Clift's catalogue of the drawings of morbid anatomy as Drawing No. 19, page 18. Attributed by Clift to William Bell, so before 1789. Described as 'Plate 10' but no source given.

Reproduction

Object numberRCSHC/P 777

Object nameTarsal bones, osteomyelitis, Morbid Anatomy of Bones - Animals, Un-mounted dry bone

DescriptionA tarsal bone from a lion, showing low levels of subperiosteal new bone formation over two areas of its surface. The deposits are thick and of a porous nature, affecting only two sides of the bone. Those areas not covered with this thick deposit appear to have been completely unaffected by the subperiosteal inflammation. As with the previous preparations from this animal, while these changes indicate that the bone was chronically inflamed, it is not clear by what means. This is one of ten specimens of bones from the same animal (see related records). The source is not recorded by Hunter, but he is known to have received animals from the Royal Menagerie and from private menageries in London. These specimens were in Hunter's collection before 1789.

Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1789

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 768RCSHC/P 769RCSHC/P 770RCSHC/P 771RCSHC/P 772RCSHC/P 773RCSHC/P 774RCSHC/P 775RCSHC/P 776

Physical Location

LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions

Physical Information

Physical descriptionDry preparation of bone un-mounted.

Dimensions

whole weight: 6 g

Bibliography

SourceProger 1966-1972

Vol. 2, page 65.

TranscriptOne of the tarsal bones of the same Lion, with some small nodulated formations of new bone on a portion of its surface.

SourceCatalogue of Drawings 1828

Vol. 2, page 18.

NotesListed in William Clift's catalogue of the drawings of morbid anatomy as Drawing No. 19, page 18. Attributed by Clift to William Bell, so before 1789. Described as 'Plate 10' but no source given.

Physical Location

Physical Information

Bibliography

Contact us: