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- catalog abstract ""A successor to his book A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, this new collection of essays by Jan Bondeson illustrates various anomalies of human development, the lives of the remarkable individuals concerned, and social reactions to their extraordinary bodies." "Bondeson examines historical cases of dwarfism, extreme corpulence, giantism, conjoined twins, dicephaly, and extreme hairiness; his broader theme, however, is the infinite range of human experience. The dicephalous Tocci brothers and Lazarus Colloredo (from whose belly grew his malformed conjoined twin), the Swedish giant, and the king of Poland's dwarf - Bondeson considers these individuals not as "freaks" but as human beings born with sometimes appalling congenital deformities. He makes full use of original French, German, Dutch, Polish, and Scandinavian sources and explores elements of ethnology, literature, and cultural history in his diagnoses."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11698478.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""A successor to his book A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, this new collection of essays by Jan Bondeson illustrates various anomalies of human development, the lives of the remarkable individuals concerned, and social reactions to their extraordinary bodies." "Bondeson examines historical cases of dwarfism, extreme corpulence, giantism, conjoined twins, dicephaly, and extreme hairiness; his broader theme, however, is the infinite range of human experience. The dicephalous Tocci brothers and Lazarus Colloredo (from whose belly grew his malformed conjoined twin), the Swedish giant, and the king of Poland's dwarf - Bondeson considers these individuals not as "freaks" but as human beings born with sometimes appalling congenital deformities. He makes full use of original French, German, Dutch, Polish, and Scandinavian sources and explores elements of ethnology, literature, and cultural history in his diagnoses."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Two inseparable brothers; and a preface -- Hairy maid at the harpsichord -- Stone-child -- Woman who laid an egg -- Strangest miracle in the world -- Some words about hog-faced gentlewomen -- Horned humans -- Biddenden maids -- Tocci brothers, and other dicephali -- King of Poland's court dwarf -- Daniel Cajanus, the Swedish giant -- Daniel Lambert, the human colossus -- Cat-eating Englishmen and French frog swallowers.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 295 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0801437679 (cloth)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog subject "2000 H-682".
- catalog subject "610 21".
- catalog subject "Abnormalities, Human.".
- catalog subject "Congenital Abnormalities History.".
- catalog subject "QM690 .B66 2000".
- catalog subject "WZ 308 B711t 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Two inseparable brothers; and a preface -- Hairy maid at the harpsichord -- Stone-child -- Woman who laid an egg -- Strangest miracle in the world -- Some words about hog-faced gentlewomen -- Horned humans -- Biddenden maids -- Tocci brothers, and other dicephali -- King of Poland's court dwarf -- Daniel Cajanus, the Swedish giant -- Daniel Lambert, the human colossus -- Cat-eating Englishmen and French frog swallowers.".
- catalog title "The two-headed boy, and other medical marvels / Jan Bondeson.".
- catalog type "text".