Éléphans

Éléphans

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, 2009
Electronic reproduction of: Paris et Amsterdam : G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne, 1821-24
Language(s):
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Elephants
Bone and Bones
Skeleton
Genre(s):
Pictorial Work
Abstract:
Image of intact skeleton of a standing elephant. Some specific bones surround the elephant and are labeled with numbers. The large bones depict the enormity of the elephant, the slowest breeder of all known mammals. Culver launched modern vertebrate paleontology with his study of elephants and other fossil mammoths.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Exhibition:
Part of online exhibition: Rewriting the book of nature.
Related Title(s):
Rewriting the book of nature and Is part of: Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles; (DNLM)60741100R
Extent:
1 online resource (1 image)
NLM Unique ID:
101593864 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A032688
OCLC no.:
854905811
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101593864