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A monstrous birth: or, A true relation : of three strange and prodigious things like young cats, all speckled, which came from a woman dwelling at Wetwan in Yorkshire: and how the Devil kept her company. The relation of the thing is taken out of a letter which a gentleman dwelling neer the place lately wrote to a friend of his in London.
Date: 1657- Pictures
Two figures look upwards as Mary appears, surrounded by apostles and angels. Etching.
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A declaration of a strange and wonderfull monster : born in Kirkham parish in Lancashire (the childe of Mrs. Haughton, a Popish gentlewoman) the face of it upon the breast, and without a head (after the mother had wished rather to bear a childe without a head then a Roundhead) and had curst the Parliamnet [sic]. Attested by Mr. Fleetwood, minister of the same parish, under his own hand; and Mrs. Gattaker the mid-wife, and divers other eye-witnesses: whose testimony was brought up by a member of the House of Commons. Appointed to be printed according to order: and desired to be published in all the counties, cities, townes, and parishes in England: being the same copies that were presented to the Parliament.
Date: 1646- Pictures
Moses displays the brazen serpent to his ailing people. Etching by J. Mynde, 1737.
Date: [1737]Reference: 18333i- Books
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Strange newes from Scotland, or, A Strange relation of a terrible and prodigious monster : borne to the amazement of all those that were spectators, in the kingdome of Scotland, in a village neere Edenborough, call'd Hadensworth, Septem. 14. 1647. and the words the said monster spake at its birth.
Date: [1647]- Pictures
A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
James, Abraham., active 1800-1802.Date: 1 October 1800Reference: 18134i- Books
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Strange newes from Scotland, or, A Strange relation of a terrible and prodigious monster : borne to the amazement of all those that were spectators, in the Kingdome of Scotland, in a village neere Edenborough, call'd Hadensworth, Septem. 14. 1647. and the words the said monster spoke at its birth.
Date: 1647- Books
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A secret, which has been found a certain cure for the French-pox, shankers, buboes, ulcers, scabs and breakings-out all over the body : and all the dreadful symptoms that usher in, or attend that devouring monster.
Date: [1675?]- Books
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Signes and wonders from heaven : With a true relation of a monster borne in Ratcliffe Highway, at the signe of the three Arrows, Mistris Bullock the midwife delivering here thereof. Also shewing how a cat kitned a monster in Lombard street in London. Likewise a new discovery of witches in Stepney parish. And how 20. witches more were executed in Suffoke this last assise. Also how the divell came to Soffam to a farmers house in the habit of a gentlewoman on horse-backe. With divers other strange remarkable passages.
Date: [1645]- Books
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The ranters monster: being a true relation of one Mary Adams : living at Tillingham in Essex, who named her self the Virgin Mary, blasphemously affirming, that she was conceived with child by the Holy Ghost; that from her should spring forth the savior of the world; and that all those that did not believe in him were damn'd: with the manner how she was deliver'd of the ugliest ill-shapen monster that ever eyes beheld, and afterwards rotted away in prison: to the great admiration of all those that shall read the ensuing subject; the like never before heard of.
Date: 1652- Books
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The Strange vvonder of the world, Or the great gyant described : With the monsterousness of his stature, his conditions, the place where, and the manner how he was taken. As also, his residence in Portsmouth Road, in an East Indy merchants ship, called the Nonsuch; with the great preparations making for his bringing up to London; and what is intended to be done with him there.
Date: 1653- Books
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Natures wonder? Or, [An ac]count how the wife of one John Waterman an ostler ... was delivered of a strage monster upon the 26th of October 1664 : ... It had two heads, foure armes, and two legs ... She had another child born before it ...which is yet living, and is a very comely child in all proportions. This is attested for truth, by several persons which were eye witnesses. The tune is, London prentice: Or, Jovial batchelor.
Date: [1664]- Books
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The country-man's companion, or, A new method of ordering horses & sheep so as to preserve them both from diseases and causalties [sic], or, to recover them if fallen ill : and also to render them much more serviceable and useful to their owners, than has yet been discovered, known or practised : and particularly to preserve sheep from that monsterous, mortifying distemper, the rot / by Philotheos Physiologus, the author of The way to health, long life and happiness, &c.
Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703Date: [1684]- Books
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The rebels almanack : calculated for the use of all loyal subjects within these his Majesties realms and dominions. Wherein is discovered, a new nest of old monsters; with all their secret wicked, and treasonable conspiracies, horrid plots, and bloody combinations, both against King and kingdoms. Likewise, the charge, judgmemt, and impeachment, against politick Lambert, seal-keeper Lisle, Blooms-bury Martin, blind-beetle Mayne, bloody Holland, and the London-apprentices circumsizing Pennington; who for all their abominable treasons and murthers, are to receive their just reward, and wages of death, at Tower-Hill and the gallows.
Date: 1660- Books
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A True relation of the birth of a monster : born at Exeter, having two perfect heads, one head standing right as it should , the other being in the right shoulder, just as you see the figure here printed, a draught of it being sent up in a letter from a person of repute and integrity, who lived not far from the place where it was born, and was both an eye and an ear witness to the the truth of what he writ : it was born the 5th of this instant October, 1682, and lived not long, but was buried and taken up again the 10 instant, and many hundreds now resort to see it.
Date: 1682- Books
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The two great admirable wonders, or A perfect and true relation of the birth of two strange monsters : the one at Wodbridge, in Suffolk, born Octob. 23. 1661. having four leggs, rour armes, two bodyes, one head, no neck, two backs, the head formed in the breast. With the several speeches of the mid-wife, and the child-bed-woman. Together of the second, born the next night following at Ipswich, Octob. 24. 1661. with all parts belonging to the body, only the face was without a head. Published to prevent all other false pamphlets, this being sent up for the true and perfect copie. / Attested by John Fuller, Mr. Cogshall ... which drew the pourtraictture of it, Ralph Berkley, William Smith, Samuel Jeings.
Date: 1661- Digital Images
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Conradus Lycosthenes, Prodigiorum ac ostento
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An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
Bosch, Hieronymus, -1516.Reference: 44837i- Pictures
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A deformed victim of drug addiction and AIDS. Colour lithograph after R. Vlachová, 1994.
Vlachová, Renáta.Date: 1994Reference: 668365i- Books
Dazzled and deceived : mimicry and camouflage / Peter Forbes.
Forbes, Peter, 1947-Date: [2009], ©2009- Books
Endless forms most beautiful : the new science of evo devo and the making of the animal kingdom / Sean B. Carroll ; with illustrations by Jamie W. Carroll, Josh P. Klaiss, Leanne M. Olds.
Carroll, Sean B.Date: [2005], ©2005- Pictures
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Saint Francis de Paul (San Francesco da Paola) healing a man with an ulcered leg and a woman vexed by a malignant spirit. Oil painting.
Date: [between 1730 and 1739?]Reference: 46503i- Archives and manuscripts
Serapion Senior (Joannes)
Date: Early 14th CenturyReference: MS.747- Books
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The works of Ambrose Parey, chyrurgeon to Henry II. Francis II. Charles IX. and Henry III. Kings of France. : Wherein are contained an introduction to chirurgery in general : a discourse of animals, and of the excellency of man. The anatomy of man's body. A treatise of praeternatural tumors ... Illustrated with variety of figures, and the cuts of the most useful instruments in chirurgery. Recommended by the University of Paris to all students in physick and chirurgery, particularly such as practised in camps and the sea.
Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590.Date: M DC XCI. [1691]