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Some Account of a Sheep Having a Monstrous Horn Growing from His Throat (1755)

Some Account of a Sheep, Shewed Alive to the Royal Society, in November 1754, Having a Monstrous Horn Growing from His Throat; The Stuffed Skin of Which, with the Horn in Situ, is Now in the Museum of the Society, by James Parsons M. D. and F. R. S. from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Vol 49 Pg 183–186; 1755; Royal Society of London, London

An account of the presenting before The Royal Society in London of a sheep which had a gigantic horn growing out from his neck.

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Apr 9, 2012