British medical journal . Fio 9 —The skull? 0,beaded child, aged 4 College of Surgeons.). •iff at a meeting of the Pathological Society, London, causedcomment and vague speculation. Many j-ears elapsedbefore I got any clear light on this specimen, and the cluegradually came from a study of double-headed animals. Bicephalous Animals,The teratological collection in thismuseum is the finest in the world. Itwas founded by John Hunter, whotook a keen interest in monsters, notfrom curiosity, but as part of a greatsoheruc showmg the various phases oflife. ThLs collection includes monstrou
British medical journal . Fio 9 —The skull? 0,beaded child, aged 4 College of Surgeons.). •iff at a meeting of the Pathological Society, London, causedcomment and vague speculation. Many j-ears elapsedbefore I got any clear light on this specimen, and the cluegradually came from a study of double-headed animals. Bicephalous Animals,The teratological collection in thismuseum is the finest in the world. Itwas founded by John Hunter, whotook a keen interest in monsters, notfrom curiosity, but as part of a greatsoheruc showmg the various phases oflife. ThLs collection includes monstrousbeans, cucumbers, and apples; eelsand salmon, carp and shark, crabs andlobsters, lizards and snakes, sparrowsand pigeons, chicks and ducklings,kittens and pups, lions and lambs,hares and rabbits, sheep and rams,cows and calves, monkeys and men,INIany are so misshapen that we may,with Job, ask who gendered them. Themost extraordinary specimen is theskull of a double-headed child obtainedfrom Bengal (Fig. 9). Mr. Shattocktegards it as the most wonderfulppecimen in the museum, and he is acompeten
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