Men with tails : remarks on the Niam-Niams of central Africa / comprising an introduction by Dr. Kahn ; an essay on the anatomical view of the question, by Dr. Sexton ; articles on the subject, reprinted from the Lancet, and the Literary gazette, together with an engraving of a group of these extraordinary beings, as shown in Dr. Kahn's anatomical museum.

  • Kahn, Joseph.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Men with tails : remarks on the Niam-Niams of central Africa / comprising an introduction by Dr. Kahn ; an essay on the anatomical view of the question, by Dr. Sexton ; articles on the subject, reprinted from the Lancet, and the Literary gazette, together with an engraving of a group of these extraordinary beings, as shown in Dr. Kahn's anatomical museum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    pleasure from the study of the various branches of science relating- to man. I have printed in the follovvin<y pages two articles on this subject from two of the leading journals, one medical, the other literary, in which the public will see in a Mul- tum in Parvo style, the evidence of the existence of these tailed men, apart entirely from my private communication. Dr. Sexton has also written a short sketch of the anatomical view of the question, and has clearly shown, that not only is it not impossible for human beings to possess caudal appen- dages, but that it is but natural that such should be the case. At the end of the book is also added a description of the figures, which will no doubt be acceptable to those who pay a visit to the collection. JOSEPH KAHN, M.D. Vienna, Anatomical Museum, Piccadilly, January \st, 1855.