. Biology and its makers : with portraits and other illustrations. Biology -- History. RISE OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY 147 permanent secretary of the newly founded Academy of Med- icine, consulting physician to the queen, and occupied other positions of trust and responsibility. He married the niece of Daubenton, and, largely through his influence, v/as ad- vanced to social place and recognition. On the death of Buffon, in 1788, he took the seat of that distinguished nat- uralist as a member of the French Academ^ Fig. 40.—ViCQ d'Azyr, 1748-1794. He made extensive studies upon the organization p
. Biology and its makers : with portraits and other illustrations. Biology -- History. RISE OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY 147 permanent secretary of the newly founded Academy of Med- icine, consulting physician to the queen, and occupied other positions of trust and responsibility. He married the niece of Daubenton, and, largely through his influence, v/as ad- vanced to social place and recognition. On the death of Buffon, in 1788, he took the seat of that distinguished nat- uralist as a member of the French Academ^ Fig. 40.—ViCQ d'Azyr, 1748-1794. He made extensive studies upon the organization particu- larly of birds and quadrupeds, making comparisons between their structure, and bringing out new points that were supe- rior to anything yet published. -His comparisons of the limbs of man and animals, showing a correspondence between the flexor and extensor muscles of the legs and arms, were made with great exactness, and they served to mark the beginning of a new kind of precise comparison. These were not merely fanciful comiparisons, but exact ones—part for part; and his general considerations based upon these comparisons were of a brilliant Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Locy, William A. (William Albert), 1857-1924. New York : Henry Holt
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