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Paper, 'Account of a monster 'Gentoo' [sic] boy' by James Anderson and Thomas Reichel

Reference number: L&P/9/127

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

Reference number
L&P/9/127
Earliest possible date
28 February 1788
Physical description
Ink on paper and two plates
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Account of a monster 'Gentoo' [sic] boy' by James Anderson and Thomas Reichel, 28 February 1788, L&P/9/127, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_127/paper-account-of-a-monster-gentoo-sic-boy-by-james-anderson-and-thomas-reichel, accessed on 15 June 2025

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