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Figure de deux gemeaux n'ayans qu'une seule teste

About This Item

Title

Figure de deux gemeaux n'ayans qu'une seule teste

Subject

Congenital Abnormalities
Twins, Conjoined
Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.
Two children with one head. Their dried body was kept by Rene Ciret, master Barber Surgeon, who gave it to Pare for examination.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1614

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.1009b

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

13 x 7 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure de deux gemeaux n'ayans qu'une seule teste,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 22, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3090.