About This Item
Title
Figure d'un enfant ayant deux testes, deux bras, & quatre jambes
Subject
Congenital Abnormalities
Twins, Conjoined
Book Illustrations
Description
Title taken from caption of woodcut.
Conjoined twin discovered by Pare. The "twins" only had one heart, so Pare concluded that they were one child.
This monster was caused by either too much seed or the uterus being too small.
Creator
Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590
Source
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1614
Language
French
Type
StillImage
Identifier
ZEa_9f.1009a
Original Format
1 print : woodcut
Physical Dimensions
13 x 7 cm
Citation
Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure d'un enfant ayant deux testes, deux bras, & quatre jambes,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3089.