Reference number | EL/D1/15 |
Level | Item |
Title | An account of the birth of Siamese twins by William Durston, dated at Plymouth, to Timothy Clerck |
Creator | Durston; William (1624-) |
Date | October 1670 |
Description | Siamese twins were born in Plymouth Anatomical observations are also made with figure in text A linen tape being the length of the twins from head to toe is enclosed in an envelope |
Language | English |
Extent | 4 sides and 1 envelope with a length of tape |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Plymouth, Devon, England |
Origin coordinates | 50.37153, -4.14305 |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Transcribed in LBO/4/95 with figure of Siamese twins Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 5, no 65, p 2096 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/bda9ab1a-172b-4035-bfd3-30bb13e437c4 |