Detail View: Museums: Monro fishes
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Work Record ID:
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0041831
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Shelfmark:
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EB.FF.597 Mon.: plate 22, p.97
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Title:
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The heart and abdominal viscera of a codfish
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Creator:
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Donaldson, Thomas (active 1742-1788)
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Creator Name:
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Donaldson, Thomas
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Creator Dates:
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active 1742-1788
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Creator Role:
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Engraver
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Creator Active Dates:
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1742-1788
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Summary Creator:
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Thomas Donaldson
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Creator:
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Fyffe, Andrew (b.1754, d.1824)
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Creator Name:
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Fyffe, Andrew
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Creator Dates:
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b.1754, d.1824
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Summary Creator:
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Andrew Fyffe
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Creator:
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Monro, Alexander Secundus (b.1733, d.1817)
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Creator Name:
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Monro, Alexander Secundus
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Creator Dates:
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b.1733, d.1817
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Summary Creator:
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Alexander Monro Secundus
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Date:
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1785
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Description:
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Alexander Monro Secundus was one of the luminaries of the Edinburgh Medical School in the 18th century, Monro held the Chair of Anatomy from 1754-1808, at first jointly with his father and latterly with his son, Alexander Monro Tertius. During this period he is believed to have taught upward of 13,000 students. In human anatomy Monro's greatest discovery, made simultaneously with William Hunter in London, was that the lymphatic are absorbents and quite separate from the circulatory system. In comparative anatomy he did remarkable work on the physiology of fishes and the discharges of electrical fish. His illustrated treatise on the subject testifies to the central importance of first hand dissection, observation and drawing in the advancement of medicine in Edinburgh. In this plate of 'the heart and abdominal viscera of a codfish with the lacteals, receptacle of the chyle and receptacle of the chyle and lymph injected with wax', the artist is Andrew Fyfe, himself a surgeon and Monro's Prosector, or senior demonstrator. The fine stipple engraving is by Thomas Donaldson, a pupil of the artist Richard Cooper, who established Edinburgh as a major centre for engraving.
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Work Type:
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Engraving
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Measurement:
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48.5 x 74cm (1' 7 1/8" x 2' 5 1/8")
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Material:
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Paper
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Location:
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Special Collections/Main Library
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Repository:
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Object Lessons
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Reference:
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ESTC T97697,
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Related Work Title:
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The Structure and Physiology of Fishes Explained and Compared With Those of Man and Other Animals
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Related Work Notes:
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Host Item
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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66682606
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Repro Title:
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Monro fishes
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Repro Creator Name:
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Edinburgh University Library Photography Department
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Repro Repository:
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Object Lessons
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Repro Old ID Number:
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ol0027
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© Edinburgh University Library
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Repro Capture Date:
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01/08/2003 10:46:00
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