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The imposteress rabbit breeder : Mary Toft and eighteenth-century England

Harvey, Karen, 1971-2020
In October 1726, newspapers began reporting a remarkable event. In the town of Godalming in Surrey, a woman called Mary Toft had started to give birth to rabbits. Several leading doctors - some sent directly by King George I - travelled to examine the woman and she was moved to London to be clos...
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