About This Item
Title
Figure d'un enfant monstrueux, de defant de la semence en deiie quantité
Subject
Congenital Abnormalities
Book Illustrations
Description
Title taken from caption of woodcut.
Image of a nine year old boy, seen in Paris by Pare in 1573. The child had only two fingers on the right hand, no legs, but one foot with four toes attached to the right buttock and two toes attached to the left buttock.
Child's deformities were thought to be the result of too little semen.
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.1019a
Original Format
1 print : woodcut
Physical Dimensions
10 x 7 cm
Citation
Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure d'un enfant monstrueux, de defant de la semence en deiie quantité,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3103.