CLARK, W.

A Case of Human Monstrosity, with a Commentary. [Read 16th May, 1831].

London, Taylor and Francis, 1833. 4to. As extracted, no back-stip. In "Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society", volume 4. Fine and clean. Pp. (219)-255 + 4 plates of which 2 are handcoloured.

First appearance of Dr. William Clark's perhaps most important paper on "Human Monstrosity": "The object of this memoir is to show that in one instance, at least, of the second order, the apparently excessive development may be brought within the action of the general laws by which the rudimentary organs of embryos advance to their perfect form" (Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 21).

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