Ovum of a hen and egg yolks mb-code 00432987 'Turtle doves and turtle soup

'Turtle doves and turtle soup

South-west view of Old Bethlehem Hospital

the church was built in the 1720s

6th October 1997

According to Mr Punch

Ovum of a hen and egg yolks mb-code 00432987 'Turtle doves and turtle soupPlate 32 from the paper 'Observations on the changes the egg undergoes during incubation in the common fowl', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 112 (1822), pp. 339 356. Twelve figures showing the ovum of a hen 'that had been laying for some time' with magnified views of the yolk of an egg and views of the egg, including in the oviduct and newly laid. With details of publication and plate details inscribed. Signed