Figure d'un Monstre femelle sans teste

About This Item

Title

Subject

Congenital Abnormalities

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Image of a female infant, born without a head. This "monster" was witnessed by Parisian doctor Monsieur Hautin.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1019. 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.1019b

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

11 x 13 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure d'un Monstre femelle sans teste,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3104.