The fate of a nineteenth-century ischiopagus from Denmark

Ion Meyer; Jane Richter

doi:10.1093/jhc/fhn009

The fate of a nineteenth-century ischiopagus from Denmark

Ion Meyer, Jane Richter

Abstract

A taxidermic preparation of newborn Danish conjoined twins from1848 is analyzed to clarify how the preparation originally wasmade and the causes of its present state of preservation. Theanalyses include macroscopic documentation, X-ray analysis,scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectrometer,gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, identification offibres and shrinkage temperature. The object is unique and hasgreat presentation value: the context in which it might be exhibitedis also discussed. It forms part of the collection begun byProfessor Mathias Saxtorph (1740-1800), extended by hisson, Professor Johan Saxtorph (1772-1840) and administeredsince that time by the Royal Maternity Hospital, Copenhagen.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of the History of Collections
Volume	20
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	253-258
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0954-6650
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jhc/fhn009
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
human taxidermic preparation
conjoined twins
Saxtorphian Collection

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The fate of a nineteenth-century ischiopagus from Denmark

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