| RefNo | CLP/13/4 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Ane account of Hannah Tailor a very extraordinary child of about 6 yeares of age who in face etc. was as bigg as a full grown woman and of what appeared on the dissection of her body' by Dr Henry Sampson |
| Date | [1695] |
| Description | Sampson describes the case of a girl who was sickly until the age of three, but then grew substantially and went through part of a precocious puberty. She complained often of pains in her left side and died at the age of six. In her autopsy, she was found to have a significantly enlarged left kidney, an enlarged liver, and diseased lungs. Includes two copies of the account.
Subject: Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A relation of one Hannah Taylor, a very extraordinary child of about six years of age, who in face, &c. Was as large as a full grown woman; and of what appeared on the dissection of her body'.
Read to the Royal Society on 13 November 1695. |
| Extent | 7p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1695.0015
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 19, no 217, p 80 |