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collection of natural curiosities especially in the
The celebrated Hunterian Museum in London contains, perhaps, the largest collection of natural curiosities, especially in the department of anatomy, in the world.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.—February, 1851.—Vol. II. by Various

could obtain no contractions either in the
Bichat could obtain no contractions either in the heart of man or that of the dog.
— from An Account of the Late Improvements in Galvanism With a Series of Curious and Interesting Experiments Performed Before the Commissioners of the French National Institute, and Repeated Lately in the Anatomical Theatres of London by Giovanni Aldini


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