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  • Multiple pregnancy, abnormalities of the foetal head, and contracted pelvis in childbirth. Lithograph after W. F. Victor Bonney.
  • Two figures with abnormalities, one with wings as arms and feathered legs and the other one with a horned head
  • Three figures with abnormalities, One figure has a human body with a ducks head, the second figure has a Lions body with a human head and the third has a human body with webbed feet and hands
  • Foetuses of animals born with abnormalities (e.g. two heads). Engraving by P. Simonneau after himself, 1734.
  • Two human figures with abnormalities, one with two sets of arms and legs and the other with two heads
  • Two human heads with abnormality, one frontal view with no nose and one profile with large nose
  • Abnormal heads and skulls, fractured and bandaged clavicle and a broken (?) leg bandaged in a splint. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger.
  • Abnormal heads and skulls, fractured and bandaged clavicle and a broken (?) leg bandaged in a splint. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger.
  • Janus head or two-faced man
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A three headed monster in an alchemical flask, representing the composition of the alchemical philosopher's stone: salt, sulphur, and mercury. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A hunchbacked physician talking to a patient who has a deformed hip. Engraving.
  • A young man, probably showing some signs of Down's syndrome. Photograph by Davis & sons.
  • Down's syndrome: in two young men holding hands, one sitting and one standing. Photograph.
  • Chinese woodcut, 'abnormal' creatures are not comestible
  • Microscopic examination of ram's semen smear
  • Microscopic examination of ram's semen smear
  • Microscopic examination of ram's semen smear
  • Head of an infant showing peculiar congenital deformities of the ear and eye
  • Bones of the human hand and wrist, and of the elbow joint (recto); head of a man (verso). Drawing by a draftsman of the school of Michelangelo.
  • Bones of the human hand and wrist, and of the elbow joint (recto); head of a man (verso). Drawing by a draftsman of the school of Michelangelo.
  • Dog (puppy) with cleft palate
  • Microvasculature of grey parrot head
  • Microvasculature of grey parrot head
  • Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot, Pucoon or Indian paint)
  • Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot, Pucoon or Indian paint)
  • Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot, Pucoon or Indian paint)
  • Microvasculature of human head and brain