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Case of the Midwife Toad
Type: Scientific Fraud. Summary: Scaly bumps that suddenly appeared on a species of toad were offered as proof of Lamarckian inheritance. But the bumps turned out to be injected inkspots. Paul KammererCan acquired characteristics be passed on to one’s offspring? For instance, if a person acquires a limp during their…
Case of the Miraculous Bullet
Type: Scientific Hoax. Summary: A journal article published in 1874 described the case of a woman impregnated by a bullet that had first passed through the testicles of a soldier. In November 1874 an unusual article appeared in the introductory volume of The American Medical Weekly, a Louisville medical journal.…
Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer
Type: April Fool’s Day hoax. Summary: An article in Discover described the discovery of a bizarre new Antarctic species. Image that accompanied the article in Discover. The caption read: “Proud and Free, a fierce ice borer bellows a challenge.” The April 1995 issue of Discover Magazine contained a brief article…
Mary Toft and the Rabbit Babies
Type: Hoax. Summary: An eighteenth-century English woman claimed to have given birth to rabbits. An 18th-century portrait of Mary Toft. Note the rabbit in her lap. England during the reign of King George I (1660-1727) was full of oddities, shams, and charlatans. King George himself was a bit of an…
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Case of the Midwife Toad
Type: Scientific Fraud. Summary: Scaly bumps that suddenly appeared on a species of toad were offered as proof of Lamarckian inheritance. But the bumps turned out to be injected inkspots. Paul KammererCan acquired characteristics be passed on to one’s offspring? For instance, if a person acquires a limp during their…
Case of the Miraculous Bullet
Type: Scientific Hoax. Summary: A journal article published in 1874 described the case of a woman impregnated by a bullet that had first passed through the testicles of a soldier. In November 1874 an unusual article appeared in the introductory volume of The American Medical Weekly, a Louisville medical journal.…
Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer
Type: April Fool’s Day hoax. Summary: An article in Discover described the discovery of a bizarre new Antarctic species. Image that accompanied the article in Discover. The caption read: “Proud and Free, a fierce ice borer bellows a challenge.” The April 1995 issue of Discover Magazine contained a brief article…
Mary Toft and the Rabbit Babies
Type: Hoax. Summary: An eighteenth-century English woman claimed to have given birth to rabbits. An 18th-century portrait of Mary Toft. Note the rabbit in her lap. England during the reign of King George I (1660-1727) was full of oddities, shams, and charlatans. King George himself was a bit of an…