title: Artistic and documentary evidence for tetradysmelia from sixteenth century England.
abstract: A series of illustrative ballads provide evidence of tetradysmelia, including acheiropodia, from sixteenth century England. It is probable that the presented malformations represent the non-genetic Hanhart complex. Such a condition has not been reported in archaeologically retrieved skeletal material.
authors.affiliation: Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Kent, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000266:history; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D017880:Limb Deformities, Congenital; D008093:Literature, Modern; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature