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Paper, 'Descriptio monstri nati apud Fisherton October 26 1664' by Mr Hand [William Hann] and Roger Baskett

Reference number: CLP/13/2

Date: 07 November 1664

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Accounts in both Latin and English of the birth of female conjoined twins on 26 October 1664 in Fisherton [Fisherton de la Mere, Wiltshire, England]. The twins had two heads, four arms and hands, and two legs and feet. They lived for two days and died within a quarter of an hour of each other. Original figures of the twins attached.

Subject: Anatomy

Written by Rogert Baskett in Sarum [Old Sarum, Wiltshire, England]. Communicated by Mr [Robert] Boyle. Read to the Royal Society on 9 November 1664.

Reference number
CLP/13/2
Earliest possible date
07 November 1664
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Descriptio monstri nati apud Fisherton October 26 1664' by Mr Hand [William Hann] and Roger Baskett, 07 November 1664, CLP/13/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_13_2/paper-descriptio-monstri-nati-apud-fisherton-october-26-1664-by-mr-hand-william-hann-and-roger-baskett, accessed on 16 September 2024

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