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ABNORMALITIES: Tabulae ad illustrandam embry

Two human figures with abnormalities

MONSTROSITY: Sea Monter

Multi-coloured people

Monster from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

A Siamese Twin

Two figures with abnormalities, one with wings as arms and feathered legs and the other one with a horned head

Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society of London

Down syndrome child, aged 3 months.

Janus head or two-faced man

Down syndrome young men.

Two human heads with abnormality, one frontal view with no nose and one profile with large nose

Convulsive shock therapy in affective psychoses.

Two human figures with abnormalities, one with two sets of arms and legs and the other with two heads

MONSTROSITY: Cyclop. Ulisse Aldrovandi, Opera omnia Bononiae : apud

Hermaphrodite from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

Two figures with abnormalities, both showing a half human and half dog monster

Hermaphrodite twins from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

ABNORMALITIES: TWO MEN WITH HAIRY FACES

Girl with Elephantiasis from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

Down syndrome child, 19th century.

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ABNORMALITIES: Tabulae ad illustrandam embry

Two human figures with abnormalities

MONSTROSITY: Sea Monter

Multi-coloured people

Monster from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

A Siamese Twin

ABNORMALITIES: Tabulae ad illustrandam embry

Two figures with abnormalities, one with wings as arms and feathered legs and the other one with a horned head

Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society of London

ABNORMALITIES: Tabulae ad illustrandam embry

Down syndrome child, aged 3 months.

Two human figures with abnormalities

Janus head or two-faced man

Down syndrome young men.

Two human heads with abnormality, one frontal view with no nose and one profile with large nose

Convulsive shock therapy in affective psychoses.

Two human figures with abnormalities, one with two sets of arms and legs and the other with two heads

MONSTROSITY: Cyclop. Ulisse Aldrovandi, Opera omnia Bononiae : apud

Hermaphrodite from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

Two figures with abnormalities, both showing a half human and half dog monster

Hermaphrodite twins from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society of London

ABNORMALITIES: TWO MEN WITH HAIRY FACES

Girl with Elephantiasis from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

Down syndrome child, 19th century.