The child with Bonaparte in his eyes
At least twice a year one or other of the newspapers prints a story about one of those mysterious apparitions […]
Prodigies and monsters
Prodigies and monsters
Prodigies and monsters
The supernumerary leg
Before the advent of antenatal screening, birth abnormalities were far commoner than they are today. Early medical journals had a
Prodigies and monsters
Monsieur Mangetout
Medical journals usually pride themselves on presenting cutting-edge research, but in 1851 The Medical Examiner reported a case which was
Mysterious illnesses, Prodigies and monsters
Centipedes in your bacon
Some truly bizarre goings-on were reported at the Exeter meeting of the Provincial Surgical and Medical Association in 1842. A
Prodigies and monsters
Half man, half snake
Until the late nineteenth century, many people remained convinced that emotional experiences during pregnancy could have major psychological or even
Mysterious illnesses, Prodigies and monsters
The worm: a horror story
Sometimes in early medical journals a case history begins conventionally enough, before turning into something startlingly unexpected. This is from
Prodigies and monsters
The child that cried in the womb
Remarkable news reaches The Medico-Chirurgical Review (June 1822) from Prussia: Crying of the Foetus in Utero. A lady, during pregnancy, had experienced some distresses of