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Phocomelus

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  • Matthias Buchinger, a phocomelic man. Stipple engraving.
  • Thomas Inglefield, an artist born without limbs. Etching by S. Ireland, 1787, after F. Grose.
  • Matthias Buchinger, a phocomelic man, with thirteen scenes representing his performances. Engraving by L. Beger after Elias Baeck.
  • A child with stumps for its limbs, being exhibited. Reproduction of a photograph.
  • A notice advertising himself by Matthias Buchinger, a phocomelic man. Etching, 1837, in facsimile of a printed notice, 1716.
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    A notice advertising himself by Matthias Buchinger, a phocomelic man. Etching, 1837, in facsimile of a printed notice, 1716.

    Buchinger, Matthias, 1674-approximately 1732. | Date: 1837 | Reference: 201i
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    Thomas Inglefield, an artist born without limbs, aged twenty. Engraving, 1804.

    | Date: 22 December 1804 | Reference: 352i
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    Thalidomide : my fight / David Mason.

    Mason, David, 1939- | Date: 1976
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    Matthias Buchinger, a phocomelic man. Etching by G. Scott, 1804.

    | Date: 1 January 1804 | Reference: 200i
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    A child with stumps for its limbs, being exhibited. Reproduction of a photograph.

    | Reference: 2917i
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