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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Frederick Lort-Phillips, 09 January 1916

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/9

Scope and Contents

Lort-Phillips writes that he found Ewart's paper to be interesting, although a lot of it was out of his reach. He comments on the theory that the horse passes through its various stages of evolution during gestation, and wonders if this is also applicable to humans.

Dates

  • Creation: 09 January 1916

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Physical Description

1 leaf

Conditions Governing Access

Open.

Biographical / Historical

Lort-Phillips refers to Ewart's paper 'Studies of the Development of the Horse, I: The Development during the Third Week', which appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 51, 287-329.

Extent

From the Series: 4 boxes

Physical Location

CLX-A-1138

Physical Description

1 leaf

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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