Record

RefNoCLP/13/3
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Account of the hermaphrodite in London' by Dr [Thomas] Allen
Date[1668]
DescriptionAllen gives an anatomical description of a hermaphrodite called Anna Wilde, born in 1647 in Ringwood, Hampshire [England] who lived in London.

Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An exact narrative of an hermaphrodite now in London'.

Addressed to Mr [Henry] Oldenburg. Read to the Royal Society on 16 January 1668.
LanguageLatin
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0066
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 2, no 32, p 624
RelatedRecordRBO/3/74
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4545Allen; Thomas (c1630 - 1684); physicianc1630 - 1684
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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