Object numberRCSSC/HDB/4/1/342/3
Scientific nameOryctolagus cuniculus
CollectionSpecial collections
CategoryVisual works
Object nameEar, frostbite, Anatomical subjects (visual works), Drawings
DescriptionDrawing of a rabbit ear, in natural state, from an experiment on freezing carried out by John Hunter, attributed to William Bell, before 1789.
The specimen from which this drawing is taken is preserved in the museum: see related record. Engraved by William Skelton and published as Plate V in John Hunter's 'Treatise on the Blood', 1794. Also published as Fig. 1 in the 'Descriptive Catalogue of the Pathological Series of the Hunterian Museum', vol. 1 (1966).
Production date 1774 - 1789
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Related objectsRCSHC/P 7RCSSC/HDB/4/1/342/2
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Not on public display: contact museum for access conditions