| RefNo | RBO/15/52 |
| AltRefNo | RBO.15.266 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Concerning the rare hair condition called 'plica Polonica' by Abraham Vater to Conrad Sprengell |
| Date | 1730 |
| Description | Account of a farmer's wife in Poland who lived with the long matted hair for fifty years - it was cut off after she died - it was four yards long, two inches thick and broad as a hand
Read to the Royal Society on 4 February 1730 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 1 side |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 37, no 417, p 50 |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/14ii/34 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4900 | Vater; Abraham (1684 - 1751) | 1684 - 1751 |