1834 DEWHURST, William Henry

The natural history of the order Cetacea, and the oceanic inhabitants of the Arctic regions.

Characterizing himself "Surgeon-Accoucheur" on the title page, Dewhurst lectured in 1827-8 on anatomy and physiology, and served as a ship's surgeon, making voyage to Greenland and its surrounding seas in 1824. During…

GMN 10259 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12450

1869 –1880 BENEDEN, Pierre-Joseph van (1809 – 1894); GERVAIS, François Louis Paul (1816 – 1879)

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, comprenant la description et l'iconographie du squelette et du système dentaire de ces animaux, ainsi que des documents relatifs à leur histoire naturelle. Folio atlas + 3 vols. text.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

GMN 10292 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12483

1874 SCAMMON, Charles Melville (1825 – 1911)

The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America described and illustrated together with an account of the American whale-fishery.

Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

GMN 10260 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12451

1889 BENEDEN, Pierre-Joseph van (1809 – 1894)

Histoire naturelle des cétacés des mers d'Europe. Extrait des tomes XXXVIII, XL, XLV, XLIII des Mémoires couronnés et autres Mémoires publiés par l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique - 1889.

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GMN 10291 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12482