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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0160-9327 1873-1929 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.endeavour.2013.06.008 |