Record

RefNoCLP/13/13/1
LevelItem
TitleManuscript, 'An account of a monstrous double birth in Lorrain [Lorraine]' by Monsieur Fevry
Date[1723]
DescriptionTranslation from the original French describing the birth of female conjoined twins in Lorraine [Grand Est, France] on 24 December 1722. The twins were joined at the stomach and had only two legs between them, but two separate heads and four arms, and were found to be generally well in health. The twins lived for two months. Original French version found at CLP/13/12.

Subject: Anatomy

Published in English in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of a monstrous double birth in Lorrain'.

Written by Fevry at Nancy [Grand Est, France]. Communicated by Colin MacLaurin. Read to the Royal Society on 2 May 1723.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1722.0068
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 32, no 377, p 346
RelatedRecordRBO/11/88
CLP/13/12
CLP/13/13
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8377MacLaurin; Colin (1698 - 1746)1698 - 1746
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