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Corn 2 inches long from a toe (Oxford Anatomy School) from Gunther

A Corn of 2 inches long of the tow of one Sarney, a wheelwright of At. Aldgate’s parish in Oxon. [Engraving].
Click image for full-size. Collector (minor)Oxford Anatomy School (-) In Print: Early Science in Oxford. Vol. 3, 265 Description:Gunther cites Plot at the source of this picture. Gunther identifies both this and the image "large corn or clavus" as item 80 in Bodleian ms Rawl. C 865.