Discoveries in science by the medical philosopher : An oration delivered on the ninety-sixth anniversary of the Medical society of London, Monday, March 8th, 1869 / by Sir G. Duncan Gibb, bart.

  • Gibb, G. Duncan (George Duncan), Sir, 1821-1876.
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1869
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Credit: Discoveries in science by the medical philosopher : An oration delivered on the ninety-sixth anniversary of the Medical society of London, Monday, March 8th, 1869 / by Sir G. Duncan Gibb, bart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and the size of the blood corpuscles in the various classes of Vertebrate Animals. The heart of the Rock Snake showing that the two ventricles are perfectly distinct. On the Malpighian bodies of the spleen of the Alligator and Crocodile, and on the weight of the spleen, as compared with that of the body, in ten of these reptiles, which he examined. On the presence or absence of a gall¬ bladder, and the colour of the bile in vertebrate animals, with several hundred specimens of the bile. On the blood corpuscles and cast skin of the Japanese Gigantic Salamander, (Sieboldia maxima,) showing this reptile (non-perennibran- chiate) has probably as large a blood corpuscle as the Proteus or Siren. I can only wish that my industrious, inde¬ fatigable, and scientific friend would publish all his researches relating to the animal world, in one large volume, which would form a mine of wealth for reference and information. This might be done by subscription, and science would thus obtain the united fruits of the labour of a Medical Philosopher, in a branch of inquiry, which is not again likely to be so completely or so thoroughly investigated by any one in the B