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The Natural History of Aleppo is a 1756 book by naturalist Alexander Russell on the natural history of Aleppo. In 1794 his half-brother, Patrick Russell, revised and expanded the text in a second edition. The book is significant for its quality, the contemporary interest it attracted, and for being a product of the Scottish Enlightenment. [1]
The Natural History of Aleppo Volume 1 Volume 2 (1794–95) Remarks on the Voluntary Expansion of the Skin of the Neck, in the Cobra de Capello or Hooded Snake of the East Indies. (1804) S. Muthiah (2006) The first snakeman of India. The Hindu. 23 January 2006; Russell, Patrick (1796) An account of Indian serpents, collected on the coast of ...
The Syrian hamster's natural habitat is in a small region of Northwest Syria near the city of Aleppo. [1] It was first described by science in the 1797 second edition of The Natural History of Aleppo, a book written and edited by two Scottish physicians living in Syria. [2] The Syrian hamster was first recognized as a distinct species in 1839. [3]
Russell sailed to Aleppo in 1740, having been appointed physician to the English factory there. He became the city's chief medical practitioner, through gaining the confidence of the local pasha. In 1754 he returned to England and two years later published his The Natural History of Aleppo, with a diary of the progress of the plague in 1742 ...
[2] The first site in Syria, Ancient City of Damascus, was inscribed on the list at the 3rd Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Paris, France in 1979. [3] Ancient City of Bosra and Site of Palmyra were inscribed the following year as the second and the third site, while Ancient City of Aleppo was added in 1986.
The Natural History of Aleppo; The Natural History of Iceland; Natural History of the Canary Islands; The Naturalist on the River Amazons; Nature Studies (manuscript)
Aleppo Observed: Ottoman Syria Through the Eyes of Two Scottish Doctors, Alexander and Patrick Russell, 2010; The book reviews the text The Natural History of Aleppo.It then critiques the scientific information contained in that book, reviews the biographies of the authors, gives context of the era in which the book was written, and examines the European perspectives of the authors and the era ...
Alexander Russell (1756), "Description of the City of Aleppo", The Natural History of Aleppo, and Parts Adjacent, London: Printed for A. Millar, OCLC 13595445; H. A. S. Dearborn (1819), "Aleppo", A Memoir on the Commerce and Navigation of the Black Sea, Boston: Wells & Lilly