Curious Scraps
P T W, pseud. [Peter T Westcott] *
Genre: | Miscellaneous |
Subjects: | Dissection, Anatomy, Physiology | Astronomy | Temperance, Physiology, Crime |
People mentioned: | Ptolemy |
Publications cited: | Rush 1790 |
Reports that the 'first dissection on record, is one in which Democritus of Obdera, was engaged, in order to ascertain the sources and course of the bile' (66) |
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