Physeter macrocephalus: Spermaceti whale, or great headed cachelot

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Alternate Title(s):: Spermaceti whale, or great headed cachelot
Author(s):: Kellogg, Elijah Chapman, 1811-1881, lithographer
Contributor(s):: Good, Peter P. (Peter Peyto), 1789?-1875
Publication:: Cambridge, Mass. : Published by the author, [1853]
Language(s):: Latin
English
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Sperm Whale
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Pictorial Works
Abstract:: Illustration of a beached sperm whale. Two men stand on a rock formation facing the whale.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: Materia medica animalia; See related catalog record: 61631020R
Extent:: 1 print : 14 x 24 cm.
Technique:: lithograph, color
NLM Unique ID:: 101456906 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: C03254
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101456906

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