Figure de deux filles gemelles, lesquelles s'entre tenoient par le front

About This Item

Title

Subject

Congenital Abnormalities

Twins, Conjoined

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Twin girls conjoined at the forehead. When one of the twins died, there was an effort to separate her from the living twin, but she died soon after despite the efforts of separation.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1010. ZEa 9f (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Publisher

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

Date

1614

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.1010a

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

9 x 6 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure de deux filles gemelles, lesquelles s'entre tenoient par le front,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3091.