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Ausführliche Beschreibung und Abbildung der beiden sogenannten Stachelschweinmenschen aus der bekannten engelischen Familie Lambert, oder, the porcupine man.

Publication Details

Altenburg: Im literarischen Comtoir, 1802 CE.

Tilesius continued the study of the Lambert family of sufferers from ichthyosis hystrix begun by Machin and Baker (see No. 4013). Notably Tilesius illustrated the bizarre condition with several color plates. In 2016 one of his illustrations was available from the Wikipedia at this link.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#7971
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/10147
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLausfuhrliche-beschreibung-und-abbildung-der-beiden-sogenannten-stachelschweinmenschen-aus-der-bekannten-engelischen-familie-lambert-oder-the-porcupine-man-

Geographic Context

Publication place: Altenburg