An Account of the Hermaphrodite Lobster Presented to the Royal Society on Thursday May the 7th, by MrFisher of Newgate-Market, Examined and Dissected, Pursuant to an Order of the SocietyBy FNicholls, MDProelAnatOxonFRS. . enultimate Leg. In the left Side the Tefticle was rightly difpofed asto its Form, Subflance, and Situation, Part of whichI was obliged to remove, in Order to fliew the Penis^which terminated as in all Males, at the Tubercle in thefirft Joint of the laft Leg. Fig. the ^thj E, the Penis ^I, Part of the fefiicle unremoved. I had fome Thoughts of removing fo much of thegreat Shel
An Account of the Hermaphrodite Lobster Presented to the Royal Society on Thursday May the 7th, by MrFisher of Newgate-Market, Examined and Dissected, Pursuant to an Order of the SocietyBy FNicholls, MDProelAnatOxonFRS. . enultimate Leg. In the left Side the Tefticle was rightly difpofed asto its Form, Subflance, and Situation, Part of whichI was obliged to remove, in Order to fliew the Penis^which terminated as in all Males, at the Tubercle in thefirft Joint of the laft Leg. Fig. the ^thj E, the Penis ^I, Part of the fefiicle unremoved. I had fome Thoughts of removing fo much of thegreat Shell as was necefifary to fhew the Courfe andTerminations of the Uterus arid Penis^ at their properOrifices. But confidering that by that Means the Tailwould too eafily feparate from the Trunk, and the Ap»pearances of the other Marks be rendered lefs obvious^I chofe only to lay them open at the Back, believingthat to be fufficiently fatisfadory to thofe who under-ftand the Strudure of that Animal I have fteeped itin three different Spirits, and carefully difpofed it in aGlafs, which I have flopped in the beft Manner I can,that it may remain in the Repofitory, as an undeniableProof of fo remarkable a Fact. F I K I 5
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