| RefNo | CLP/15i/55 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Account of a monstrous calf with two heads' by Robert Southwell |
| Date | March 1698 |
| Description | Southwell recounts the story of a calf born in Wilnecote, in the county of Warwick [England], with two heads. He believes that the calf was blind. He describes how at three days old the calf was 'as large and as strong' as a calf of ten days or a fortnight old.
Subject: Veterinary medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Account of a monstrous calf with two heads'
Read to the Royal Society on 8 March 1698 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1698.0017 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8282 | Southwell; Sir; Robert (1635 - 1702); diplomat and government official | 1635 - 1702 |