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The Visceral Retia Mirabilia Of Tuna And Sharks: An Annotated Translation And Discussion Of The Eschricht And Müller 1835 Paper And Related Papers, Douglas S. Fudge, E. Don Stevens
The Visceral Retia Mirabilia Of Tuna And Sharks: An Annotated Translation And Discussion Of The Eschricht And Müller 1835 Paper And Related Papers, Douglas S. Fudge, E. Don Stevens
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The focus of this volume is an annotated translation of the classic work by J. Müller and D.F. Eschricht on the visceral anatomy of the bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, published in 1835. This text, with its outstanding figures, is to this day the definitive work on the anatomy of the bluefin viscera and especially on the circulation to and from the viscera. In addition, the text is historically important in that it represents the first comprehensive description of visceral relia mirabilia in a fish. In this work, Eschricht & Müller meticulously elucidate the pattern of blood flow to, within, …