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1720s

Symbolic pulp illustration of a dead rabbit specimen on red cloth between looming Georgian doctors, with a small seated woman in a doorway, representing the established Mary Toft hoax.

A Wonder from Godalming

A Surrey woman’s supposed rabbit births drew royal doctors into a medical scandal, leaving disputed accounts of deception, suffering and control over her body.

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1720s

A Wonder from Godalming

The truth is in here

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