This event has finished Took place on: Thursday, 12th Mar 2015
Free FreeIn 1726, a surgeon called John Howard revealed that he had helped a Surrey woman called Mary Toft to give birth to a number of rabbits.
The London public were gripped by the news! Some thought that it was impossible rubbish and made it the target of ridicule, but many believed the story, including some very important surgeons and physicians.
Of course, Mary Toft did not really give birth to rabbits. Mary Toft was a fraud. But how could eminent men at the top of their professions have even believed that such a thing was possible?
Hear the fantastic story of Mary Toft, discover some of the history of the birth of Monsters and Prodigies, and hear some of the medical theories that tried to explain these strange births could happen.
A talk by Kirsty Chilton, Assistant Curator at the Old Operating Theatre Museum.
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2015-03-12 2015-03-12 Europe/London Prodigies and Monsters - Mary Toft, the Rabbit Breeder! A tale of the fraud that fooled surgeons into believing that a woman gave birth to rabbits. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2015/03/12/prodigies-and-monsters-mary-toft-the-rabbit-breeder-56507 ,,, Meeting point to be confirmedWhat else is hapening in London on 12th Mar 2015
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