On the second floor, next to the Francesco Spirito collection, two cabinets exhibit various specimens of domestic animals with congenital malformations: siamese twin calves and lambs, chicken feet with extra digits, “monstrous” foetuses of small animals. Such collections were in vogue in nineteenth century museums of natural history.

Teratology collection

 

On the second floor, next to the Francesco Spirito collection, two cabinets exhibit various specimens of domestic animals with congenital malformations: siamese twin calves and lambs, chicken feet with extra digits, “monstrous” foetuses of small animals. Such collections were in vogue in nineteenth century museums of natural history.

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