A strange horn between Paolo Mantegazza and Charles Darwin

During the preparation of an exhibition in Pavia dedicated to the centennial anniversary of the death of the Italian Pathologist Paolo Mantegazza, a strange cheratinic horn was found at the Museum for the History of the University of Pavia labelled as ‘spur of a cock transplanted into an ear of a co...

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Veröffentlicht in:Endeavour (New series) 2013-09, Vol.37 (3), p.184-187
Hauptverfasser: Garbarino, Carla, Mazzarello, Paolo
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:During the preparation of an exhibition in Pavia dedicated to the centennial anniversary of the death of the Italian Pathologist Paolo Mantegazza, a strange cheratinic horn was found at the Museum for the History of the University of Pavia labelled as ‘spur of a cock transplanted into an ear of a cow.’ After some historical investigation, we found this strange object was at the centre of a scientific correspondence between Mantegazza and Charles Darwin, who made reference to it in his book The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication.
ISSN:0160-9327
1873-1929
DOI:10.1016/j.endeavour.2013.06.008