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Mary Tofts, a woman who pretended that she had given birth to rabbits. Coloured stipple engraving by Maddocks, ca. 1819.
Date: 1819Reference: 1883i
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Mary Tofts, a woman who pretended that she had given birth to rabbits. Stipple engraving by Maddocks.
Date: 1819Reference: 1884i
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An advertisement occasion'd by some passages in Sir R. Manningham's diary lately publish'd. / By J. Douglas.
James DouglasDate: 1727
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A narrative of the most extraordinary delivery of Mary Toft ... / With a preface by a man-midwife.
Nathaniel St AndréDate: 1774
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An exact diary of what was observ'd during a close attendance upon Mary Toft, the pretended rabbet-breeder of Godalming in Surrey, from Monday Nov. 28, to Wednesday Dec. 7 following. : Together with an account of her confession of the fraud. / By Sir Richard Manninghan.
Richard ManninghamDate: 1726
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Imagining monsters : miscreations of the self in eighteenth-century England / Dennis Todd.
Todd, DennisDate: 1995
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Eighteenth-century British midwifery / editor Pam Lieske.
Date: 2007-
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The anatomist dissected: or the man-midwife finely brought to bed. : Being an examination of the conduct of Mr. St. Andre. Touching the late pretended rabbit-bearer; as it appears from his own narrative. / By Lemuel Gulliver.
Jonathan SwiftDate: 1727
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Bone-setting, bladder-stones and rabbit breeding / B.M. Humphrey.
Humphrey, B. M.Date: 1949
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Some observations concerning the woman of Godlyman in Surrey. Made at Guilford on Sunday, Nov. 20. 1726. : Tending to prove her extraordinary deliveries to be a cheat and imposture. / by Cyriacus Ahlers, surgeon to His Majesty.
Ahlers, CyriacusDate: 1726
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The sooterkin dissected. : In a letter to John Maubray, M.D. alias Dr. Giovanni. Wherein is clearly prov'd, I. That there never was such an animal in the world. II. That God never made it. III. That the Devil cannot make it. IV. That it is impudence to assert it. V. That it is stupidity to believe it. VI. That it is a mere fiction of his own brain. VII. That it is contrary to the opinion of the most learned physicians and philosophers in our days, who maintain the truth of univocal generation. / By a lover of truth and learning.
Date: 1726
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Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
William HogarthDate: [22 December 1726]Reference: 17342i
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The anatomist dissected: or the man-midwife finely brought to bed. : Being an examination of the conduct of Mr. St. Andre. Touching the late pretended rabbit-bearer; as it appears from his own narrative. / By Lemuel Gulliver.
Jonathan SwiftDate: 1727
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Mary Toft (Tofts), who duped several doctors into believing she had given birth to a litter of rabbits: twelve episodes. Etching.
Reference: 17343i
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À propos. Mr. St. Andre's case and depositions as publish'd in the London Gazette of February 23, 1724. and the Daily Post of March 4, 1725.
Nathaniel St AndréDate: [1725]
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Mary Toft of Godlyman, England, and her extraordinary delivery of seventeen rabbits in 1726 / T.E.C.
Thomas E. ConeDate: 1980
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A short narrative of an extraordinary delivery of rabbets, perform'd [on Mary Toft] by Mr. John Howard surgeon at Guilford.
Nathaniel St AndréDate: 1727
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The several depositions of Edward Costen, Richard Stedman, John Sweetapple, Mary Peytoe, Elizabeth Mason, and Mary Costen; : relating to the affair of Mary Toft, of Godalming in the county of Surrey, being deliver'd of several rabbits: as they were taken before the Right Honourable the Lord Onslow, at Guildford and Clandon in the said county, on the third and fourth days of this instant December 1726.
Date: 1727
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The imposteress rabbit breeder : Mary Toft and eighteenth-century England / Karen Harvey.
Karen HarveyDate: 2020
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Much ado about nothing: or, a plain refutation of all that has been written or said concerning the rabbit-woman of Godalming. : being a full and impartial confession from her own mouth, and under her own hand, of the whole affair, from the beginning to the end. Now made publick for the general satisfaction.
Tuft, Merry.Date: M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]
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A credulous congregation listening to a sermon by a fiery preacher. Engraving by T. Cook, 1798, after W. Hogarth.
William HogarthDate: 1 October 1798Reference: 12090i
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A letter from a male physician in the country, to the author of the female physician in London; : plainly shewing, that for ingenuity, probity, and extraordinary productions, he far surpasses the author of the narrative. To which is added, a short dissertation upon generation, whereby every child-bearing woman may be satisfied, that 'tis as impossible for women to generate and bring forth rabbets, as 'tis impossible for rabbets to bring forth women.
Date: 1726
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The strange case of Mary Toft (who was delivered of sixteen rabbits and a tabby cat in 1726) / L. Lewis Wall.
Wall, L. Lewis.Date: 1985
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Remarks on a short narrative of an extraordinary delivery of rabbets, perform'd by Mr. John Howard, surgeon at Guilford, as publish'd by Mr. St. Andre, anatomist to His Majesty. With a proper regard to his intended recantation. / By Thomas Brathwaite.
Brathwaite, Thomas, 1698-1731Date: 1726
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The girl who gave birth to rabbits : a true medical mystery / Clifford A. Pickover.
Clifford A. PickoverDate: 2000

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Mary Tofts, a woman who pretended that she had given birth to rabbits. Coloured stipple engraving by Maddocks, ca. 1819.

Mary Tofts, a woman who pretended that she had given birth to rabbits. Stipple engraving by Maddocks.

An advertisement occasion'd by some passages in Sir R. Manningham's diary lately publish'd. / By J. Douglas.

A narrative of the most extraordinary delivery of Mary Toft ... / With a preface by a man-midwife.

An exact diary of what was observ'd during a close attendance upon Mary Toft, the pretended rabbet-breeder of Godalming in Surrey, from Monday Nov. 28, to Wednesday Dec. 7 following. : Together with an account of her confession of the fraud. / By Sir Richard Manninghan.

Imagining monsters : miscreations of the self in eighteenth-century England / Dennis Todd.

Eighteenth-century British midwifery / editor Pam Lieske.

The anatomist dissected: or the man-midwife finely brought to bed. : Being an examination of the conduct of Mr. St. Andre. Touching the late pretended rabbit-bearer; as it appears from his own narrative. / By Lemuel Gulliver.

Bone-setting, bladder-stones and rabbit breeding / B.M. Humphrey.

Some observations concerning the woman of Godlyman in Surrey. Made at Guilford on Sunday, Nov. 20. 1726. : Tending to prove her extraordinary deliveries to be a cheat and imposture. / by Cyriacus Ahlers, surgeon to His Majesty.

Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.

The anatomist dissected: or the man-midwife finely brought to bed. : Being an examination of the conduct of Mr. St. Andre. Touching the late pretended rabbit-bearer; as it appears from his own narrative. / By Lemuel Gulliver.

Mary Toft (Tofts), who duped several doctors into believing she had given birth to a litter of rabbits: twelve episodes. Etching.

À propos. Mr. St. Andre's case and depositions as publish'd in the London Gazette of February 23, 1724. and the Daily Post of March 4, 1725.

Mary Toft of Godlyman, England, and her extraordinary delivery of seventeen rabbits in 1726 / T.E.C.

A short narrative of an extraordinary delivery of rabbets, perform'd [on Mary Toft] by Mr. John Howard surgeon at Guilford.

The imposteress rabbit breeder : Mary Toft and eighteenth-century England / Karen Harvey.

A credulous congregation listening to a sermon by a fiery preacher. Engraving by T. Cook, 1798, after W. Hogarth.

The strange case of Mary Toft (who was delivered of sixteen rabbits and a tabby cat in 1726) / L. Lewis Wall.

Remarks on a short narrative of an extraordinary delivery of rabbets, perform'd by Mr. John Howard, surgeon at Guilford, as publish'd by Mr. St. Andre, anatomist to His Majesty. With a proper regard to his intended recantation. / By Thomas Brathwaite.

The girl who gave birth to rabbits : a true medical mystery / Clifford A. Pickover.