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View of Salters' Hall

under a tight black cap

Eventually

View of Paul's Alley

Indian elephant eardrum and mastoid cells Size:Large: 7 x 5in View of Salters' HallPlate 4 from the paper 'On the difference of structure between the human Membrana Tympani and that of the elephant', by Sir Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 113 (1823), pp. 23 26. Showing the eardrum of a three week old Indian elephant in situ with the mastoid cells. From a specimen provided by Sir Stamford Raffles. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink lower left [viewed in landscape format]

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