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Serres,E.R.A.


 
Recherches d'anatomie transcendante et pathologique Théorie des formations et des déformations organiques appliquée à l'anatomie de Ritta-Christina et de la dupliciteé monstreuse. Paris, Bailliere 1832. 4°. Mit 20 dplblgr. lith. Taf. 2 Bl., 315 S. Läd. Hldr. d. Zt. (Vdeckel lose, ohne Rckn., tls. beschabt u. best.).  
 
Goldschmid, S. 256. Sehr seltene erste Ausgabe. - First Edition. An anatomical study of "Rita-Christina," perhaps the best known of the two-headed monsters (dicephalus dipus tetrabrachius). Born in Sardinia in March 1859, the incompletely separated female twins were brought to Paris for public exhibition, where they survived until the following November. "Autopsy revealed two hearts within a single pericardium, fused livers, duplication of the digestive organs down to the distal ileum, and a double uterus" (Speert, Obstetrics & Gynecology [2nd ed.], p. 399). - Leicht gebräunt, tls. stockfl. 2 gefalt. Taf. mit Einrissen, Knickfalten u. tls. angestaubt. Bibl.-Ex. mit St.a.T.
 
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