Dorsal image of a pair of conjoined twins
Date
November 1664
Creator
William Hann, Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p10
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 173mm
width (page): 168mm
width (page): 168mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Dorsal image of a pair of conjoined twins. This image appears to have been traced over the outlines which have bled through from the reverse (Cl.P/13/2/009).
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 2 November 1664, ‘There was read an extract of a letter written to the secretary by Mr. Boyle, giving an account of a monstrous birth, lately born at Fisherton near Salisbury, and promising to communicate what observables might farther happen concerning it’ (Birch 4:480).
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