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Translation, 'An account of a monstrous double birth in Lorrain [Lorraine]' by Monsieur Fevry

Reference number: CLP/13/13

Date: 1723

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Translation from the original French describing the birth of female conjoined twins in Lorraine [Grand Est, France] on 24 December 1722. The twins were joined at the stomach and had only two legs between them, but two separate heads and four arms, and were found to be generally well in health. The twins lived for two months. Engraved figures from Philosophical Transactions attached. Original French version found at CLP/13/12.

Subject: Anatomy

Published in English in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of a monstrous double birth in Lorrain'.

Written by Fevry at Nancy [Grand Est, France]. Communicated by Colin MacLaurin. Read to the Royal Society on 2 May 1723.

Reference number
CLP/13/13
Earliest possible date
1723
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Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript

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Translation, 'An account of a monstrous double birth in Lorrain [Lorraine]' by Monsieur Fevry, 1723, CLP/13/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_13_13/translation-an-account-of-a-monstrous-double-birth-in-lorrain-lorraine-by-monsieur-fevry, accessed on 20 June 2025

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