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MR. C. J. S. THOMPSON, who is known to medical men because of contributions made to the history of their art, has published, in book-form, gleanings he has gathered concerning the ancient lore of human monsters. His book will make a wide appeal, not only to those who are interested in the ‘lore of monsters’, but also to embryologists who are in search of the rarer aberrations undergone by the human body in the course of development. His text is clear and easy, and is enriched by many illustrations of ‘prodigious births’ which have adorned the records published by writers in former centuries.
The Mystery and Lore of Monsters: with Accounts of some Giants, Dwarfs and Prodigies.
By C. J. S. Thompson. Pp. iv + 256 + 32 plates. (London: Williams and Norgate, Ltd., 1930.) 15s. net.
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The Mystery and Lore of Monsters: with Accounts of some Giants, Dwarfs and Prodigies . Nature 128, 90 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128090a0
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