A most certaine and true relation of a strange monster or serpent found in the left ventricle of the heart of Iohn Pennant, Gentleman, of the age of 21. yeares. By Edward May Doctor of Philosophy and Physick, and professor elect of them, in the colledge of the academy of noble-men, called the Musæum Minervæ: physitian also extraordinary unto her most Sacred Majesty, Queene of great Brittany, &c.

Title

A most certaine and true relation of a strange monster or serpent found in the left ventricle of the heart of Iohn Pennant, Gentleman, of the age of 21. yeares. By Edward May Doctor of Philosophy and Physick, and professor elect of them, in the colledge of the academy of noble-men, called the Musæum Minervæ: physitian also extraordinary unto her most Sacred Majesty, Queene of great Brittany, &c.

Author

May, Edward.

Publication

London :: Printed by George Miller,

MDCXXXIX. [1639]

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Subject terms

Medical parasitology -- Early works to 1800.

Heart -- Foreign bodies -- Early works to 1800.

Helminths -- Early works to 1800.

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"A most certaine and true relation of a strange monster or serpent found in the left ventricle of the heart of Iohn Pennant, Gentleman, of the age of 21. yeares. By Edward May Doctor of Philosophy and Physick, and professor elect of them, in the colledge of the academy of noble-men, called the Musæum Minervæ: physitian also extraordinary unto her most Sacred Majesty, Queene of great Brittany, &c." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07320.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• TO THE RIGHT HONOV∣RABLE LORD AND highly renowned Peere of this Kingdome, EDWARD Earle of Dorset, &c. Knight of the most Noble order of the garter, Lord High Chamberlaine unto her most Soveraigne Majesty, QVEENE of great Brittane, &c. And one of the Lords of his Majesties most honourable privy Councell. Edward May wisheth all health and glory.
• A Preface to the Reader.
• The Contents.
• Errata.
• illustrations
• §. I.
• §. 2.
• §. 3.
• §. 4.
• §. 5.
• §. 6.
• §. 7.
• §. 8.
• §. 9.
• §. 10.