The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Dr. Haughteyn ( - fl. c. 1666)
PhysicianRelevant locations: Lived at or near Salisbury, Wiltshire
Relationships: Dr. Haughteyn was a associate or acquaintance (general) of David Thomas (-fl. c. 1666)
Christopher Hatton (c. 11 Jul 1605-4 Jul 1670) was a cousin of Dr. Haughteyn
References in Documents:
By the same Noble person was lately communicated to the
duced
at
caused a Cow (which cast her Calf the year before) to be
co
vered,
that she might the sooner be fatted, killed her when fat,
and opening the Womb, which he found heavy to admiration,
saw in it a Calf, which had begun to have hair, whose hinder
Leggs had no Joynts, and whose Tongue was,
ple, to
each side of his Mouth one, and one in the midst. Between
the Fore leggs and the Hinder-leggs was a great Stone, on
which the Calf rid: The
the Ribs lye, was also perfect Stone; and the Stone, on which it
rid, weighed twenty pounds and a half; the outside of the Stone
was of Grenish Colour, but some small parts being broken off,
it appeared a perfect Free-stone. The Stone, according to the
Letter of Mr.
is with Haughteyn
for further Information.
strous Calf and stone, within four hours after it was cut out of
the Cows belly, that the Breast of the Calf was not stony (as
I wrote)
but that the skin of the Breast and between the Legs
and of the Neck (which
parts lay on the smaller end of
the stone) was very much thicker, than on
any other part,
and that the Feet of the Calf were so parted as to be like
the Claws
of a Dog. The stone I have since seen; it is bigger at one end
then the other; of no plain Superficies,
but full of little cavi
ties. The stone, when broken, is full of small peble stones of
an
Ovall figure: its colour is gray like free-stone, but intermixt
with veins of yellow and black. A
of Haughten
ther a more exact account
will be conveyed by the same
person.