Tag: Foetum monstrosum et bicipitem

Front facade of Houghton Library

Conjoined twins

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.   Johann Conrad Brunner was a Swiss anatomist that is best known for his work with the pancreas and duodenum.  This fold out plate displays both anatomical and skeletal conjoined twin fetuses, which is part of Brunner’s medical dissertation Foetum…