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Actions Displays	Peruntaloo Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object numberRCSSC/HDB/3/1/845/1 Scientific nameHomo sapiens CollectionSpecial collections CategoryVisual works Object nameTwins, asymmetrical conjoined, Clinical subjects (visual works), Pen-and-wash drawings TitlePeruntaloo DescriptionTwo views of an Indian boy (Peruntaloo) with a parasitic conjoined twin attached to his abdomen, by William Bell, 1788 or 1789, after an original by Thomas Reichel, 1787. Copied (with the case history) from originals sent for publication to the Royal Society in London in 1788. This case was published as 'An Account of a Monster of the Human Species, in Two Letters; One from Baron Reichel to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. and the Other from Mr. James Anderson to Baron Reichel. Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. PRS', in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 79 (1789), pp. 157-159. Reichel was employed as a surveyor and draughtsman in the East India Company's office in Madras in the 1780s. Production date 1788 - 1789 Artist‎ Reichel, Thomas Joseph, fl. 1780s, draughtsman, Madras Artist‎ Bell, William, d 1792, Draughtsman, London Owner/user Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist presented Trustees of the Hunterian Collection (1799) Physical Location LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions

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Object numberRCSSC/HDB/3/1/845/1

Scientific nameHomo sapiens

CollectionSpecial collections

CategoryVisual works

Object nameTwins, asymmetrical conjoined, Clinical subjects (visual works), Pen-and-wash drawings

TitlePeruntaloo

DescriptionTwo views of an Indian boy (Peruntaloo) with a parasitic conjoined twin attached to his abdomen, by William Bell, 1788 or 1789, after an original by Thomas Reichel, 1787. Copied (with the case history) from originals sent for publication to the Royal Society in London in 1788. This case was published as 'An Account of a Monster of the Human Species, in Two Letters; One from Baron Reichel to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. and the Other from Mr. James Anderson to Baron Reichel. Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. PRS', in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 79 (1789), pp. 157-159. Reichel was employed as a surveyor and draughtsman in the East India Company's office in Madras in the 1780s.

Production date 1788 - 1789

Artist‎

Reichel, Thomas Joseph, fl. 1780s, draughtsman, Madras

Artist‎

Bell, William, d 1792, Draughtsman, London

Owner/user

Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist

presented

Trustees of the Hunterian Collection (1799)

Physical Location

LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions

Peruntaloo

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