Bethan Davis

Tracing Hypertrichosis: Disability in Early Modern Europe

by Bethan Davis on November 29, 2021

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On a trip to Bologna in 1594, Italian collector, physician and scientist Ulisse Aldrovandi inspected Antonietta Gonzales, a young girl with an unusual condition and brought to him by the Marchesa of Soragna. After studying

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