Mary Toft was a woman from Godalming, who achieved notoriety in 1726 when she purportedly gave birth to a litter of rabbits. In reality, the animal parts Toft “delivered” were being surreptitiously ...

In 1726, an English woman named Mary Toft gave birth to rabbits. Dexter Palmer’s new novel spins a tale from this historical event, but it’s less concerned with how Mary deceived all of England than ...

What it’s about: One of the most bizarre stories we’ve yet come across. In 1726, a 25-year-old woman from Surrey convinced several doctors she had given birth to disembodied animal parts, and in one ...

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WARSAW-- The Polish government is urging citizens to go forth and multiply like rabbits. In a country with one of the lowest birth rates in Europe, the Health Ministry has put out a short video ...

Many preterm infants need positive pressure ventilation (PPV) during the transition to air breathing at birth to assist lung aeration and the initiation of pulmonary gas exchange. It is possible that ...