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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2026

Desvios de la naturaleza: O Tratado de el origen de los monstros. A que va anadido vn compendio de curaciones chyrurgicas en monstruosos accidentes.

Publication Details

Lima, Peru: En la Imprenta Real por Joseph de Contreras, y Alvarado impressor del Santo Oficio, 1695 CE.

On conjoined twins, including the record of autopsy of conjoined twins in Lima in 1694. Pedro de Peralta Barnuevo edited work for publication at the request of the Viceroy, Melchor Fernandez Portocarrero. Digital facsimile from US National Library of Medicine at this link

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Entry Number#13151
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Geographic Context

Publication place: Lima, Peru