Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Medical Anomalies
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Giants
The Irish Giant, Cornelius Magrath - Il Gigante Magrat Who Stood 7 Feet 5 Inches in Height
by Pietro Longhi while Magrath was Visiting Venice as Part of His Exhibition Tour of Europe 1757
(Private Collection)
The Mortal Remains of the Irish Giant, Cornelius Magrath Who Stood 7 Feet 5 Inches in Height
(Trinity College)
The Mortal Remains of the Irish Giant, Cornelius Magrath Who Stood 7 Feet 5 Inches in Height
(Trinity College)
English Newspaper Cutting Advertising the Irish Giants at the Swan Inn, December 15, 1780
1780
(Oxford Digital Library)
Newspaper Clipping On seeing the Gigantic Twin Brothers, No. 2, Spring Gardens.
1780
(Oxford Digital Library)
English Newspaper Cutting Advertising the Irish Giant Appearance at the Cane Shop, April 25, 1782
1782
(Oxford Digital Library)
The Mortal Remains of Charles Byrne (1761 - 1783) Who Stood 7 Feet 7 Inches Tall
(Royal College of Surgeons of England)
English Newspaper Cutting Advertising the Irish Giant at the Silk Dyers, May 5, 1785
1785
(Oxford Digital Library)
Dwarfs
Joseph Boruwlaski (17391837), A Polish - Born Dwarf Who Toured European and Turkish Courts
by Philip Reinagle c. 1782
(Private Collection)
Albinos
English Newspaper Cutting Advertising Two Albino Brothers at Charing - Cross, April 30, 1789
1789
(Oxford Digital Library)
Twin
Anomalies
Verdadero retrato y relacion anatomica de las ninas unidas que nacieron en Barcelona Barcelona
1779
(Private Collection)
Limb
Anomalies
Maria Marin
c. Early to Mid 18th Century
(Oxford Digital Library)
English Handbill
1770
(Oxford Digital Library)
Horns
English Newspaper Cutting - Hole in the Wall in Butcher-Row Announcing a Woman with Horn Growing
18th Century
(Oxford Digital Library)
Craws
Gifted
Memory
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