Beaver glands mb-code 2491341 Plate 30A from the book

Plate 30A from the book Historia testudinum iconibus illustrata by Johann David Schoepff (Erlangen

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Beaver glands mb-code 2491341 Plate 30A from the bookPlate 6, figures 2 and 3 from the paper 'Observations on the structure of the stomachs of different animals', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 97 (1807), pp. 139 179. Showing the glandular structure within a beaver's stomach, with a detail of a glandular opening. The work is inscribed above with plate details; and below 'Beaver Glands. Natural Size. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Original: ink on board.