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On the anatomy of the Indian rhinoceros (Rh. unicornis L.).
Publication Details
Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 4, 31-58. 1852 CE.
Owen was the first to describe the parathyroids, which he observed in his dissection of a Great Indian Rhinoceros that had lived at the Zoological Society of London from 1834 to 1849. See B. Modarai, A. Sawyer, & H. Ellis, "The Glands of Owen," Journal Royal Society of Medicine 97 (2004) 494-495.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #1126.1 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/1254 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | on-the-anatomy-of-the-indian-rhinoceros-rh-unicornis-l |
Geographic Context
Mentioned in annotation: London