| RefNo | CLP/14ii/34 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Casus rarissimus plicæ polonicæ enormis' [A very rare case of 'plica polonica'] by Abraham Vater |
| Date | [1730] |
| Description | Account of a farmer's wife in Poland who lived with the long matted hair for fifty years - it was cut off after she died - it was four yards long, two inches thick and broad as a hand. Engraved figure attached.
Subject: Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Casus rarissimus plicæ polonicæ enormis à D. Abrahamo Vatero, M. D. Prof. Anatom. Wittemberg. & R. S. S. per D. Conradum Sprengell, Equitem, M. D. R. S. S. & Coll. Med. Lond. Licent. communicatus. Vid. Tab. II. Fig. 2.'
Read to the Royal Society on 4 February 1730 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 7p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0007 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/15/52 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4900 | Vater; Abraham (1684 - 1751) | 1684 - 1751 |