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Allen gives an anatomical description of a hermaphrodite called Anna Wilde, born in 1647 in Ringwood, Hampshire [England] who lived in London.

Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An exact narrative of an hermaphrodite now in London'.

Addressed to Mr [Henry] Oldenburg. Read to the Royal Society on 16 January 1668.

Reference number
CLP/13/3
Earliest possible date
1668
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Thomas Allen

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Thomas Allen, Paper, 'Account of the hermaphrodite in London' by Dr [Thomas] Allen, 1668, CLP/13/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_13_3/paper-account-of-the-hermaphrodite-in-london-by-dr-thomas-allen, accessed on 10 October 2024

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