RefNo | L&P/9/127 |
Level | File |
Title | Paper, 'Account of a monster 'Gentoo' [sic] boy' by James Anderson and Thomas Reichel |
Date | 28 February 1788 |
Description | Description of conjoined twins from Andhra Pradesh, India. The term 'Gentoo' [sic] was used by Europeans to denote the Telugu-speaking people in the Andhra Pradesh region (then Madras presidency).
Contains two letters and two plates
Subject: Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a monster of the human species, in two letters; one from Baron Reichel to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. and the other from Mr. James Anderson to Baron Reichel'
Read 30 April 1789 |
Extent | 9p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper and two plates |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1789.0015 |
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