Monstra
Pictures of monstrosity
Foster development in animals and humans sometimes fail with the most strange results. These sick individuals are often aborted or will have a short and miserable life - depending on the degree of malformation. Monstrosity has always been a horror mixed fascination, because here you see how much can go wrong.
Below illustrations of monstrosity from old books, where individuals like these often were called Monstra:
| T. Bartholin: Acta medica & philosophica hafniensis. 1671-79 |
| G-L. L. de Buffon: Histoire naturelle générale et particulière ... 1750-79 |
| E.F. Gurlt: Lehrbuch der pathologischen Anatomie der Haus-Säugethiere. 1831-32 |
| E.F. Gurlt: Über thierische Missgeburten ... 1877 |
Knud Høgsberg, - last update:16 January 2012