Catalogue of the collections / Comp. by E.M. Holmes.

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    Acipenseridce. f. Siberian fragments. Note.—This specimen consists of small scraps made up into plano- convex pieces about 1 inch in diameter and \ inch thick. * g. Persian lump isinglass. (Konki.) Note.—This isinglass appears to have been strung on sticks, being pierced at either end with a hole nearly | inch in diameter. The pieces are kidney-shaped, about 4 inches long by 2 broad and 1 inch thick. h. Boiled isinglass. Note.—This specimen consists of flattened sausage-shaped pieces 3 or 4 inches long, 1 inch broad, and about J inch thick. i. Isinglass cuttings. j. Hudson's Bay purse isinglass. Note.—The specimens marked with an asterisk were presented by Professor Ludewig, of St. Petersburg. Specimen j has the appearance of belonging to some species of Aeipenser. It is described in Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 774. 817. Genera et species incerta. a. Bead, or necklace isinglass. Note.—In small somewhat translucent pieces about 1 inch long and \ inch in diameter, strung upon cord. See Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 772. b. Hudson's Bay giant purse isinglass. Note.—For further information on the varieties of isinglass found in English commerce, see Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., pp. 769-778 ; P. J. [3], vol. i., p. 656. ORDER, ELASMOBRANCHII. PRISTIDJE. 818. Pristis antiquorum, Lath. a. Beak of the saw-fish. Note.—For an account of this fish, see Trans. Linn. Soc, 1794, vol. ii., p. 277, pi. 26, fig. 91. This specimen is about 4 feet long, and the teeth, 32 in number on each side, at the upper end are J inch, becoming about the middle 1 inch, and near the head of the fish 2 inches apart. The cutting edge of each tooth is on the side furthest from the head. CLASS, REPTILIA. ORDER, OPHIDIA. BOIBM. 819. Boa constrictor, L. a. Excrement. (Excrementum monitorit nilotici.) Note.—This substance is used as a source of uric acid. VIPEPIDM. 820. Pelius Berus, Merrem. {Viper, Adder.} a. Viper's fat.
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