Erratum

In Spurious Conditions of the Lower Extremities, the latest volume of Bernouli's Encyclopedia of Imaginary Diseases, these three pictures were used to demonstrate the process of L'Orme's Bifurcating Polymelia, which starts at the hands and works progressively up the arms.

We have since been informed that the second image actually depicts the Busking Boëthius Brothers of Bamberg, Norman and Gregor, posing as a multi-limbed Indian deity in order to sneak onto public transport while only paying a single fare. The imposture is not wholly convincing but they are relying on the nice rocks in the background to divide the conductor's attention. On behalf of the Encyclopedia's Editorial Board I would like to apologise for any offense caused by the misattribution. The intern responsible for the error is now an extern.

Here three frogs are pretending to be a single 7-legged amphibian, with the extra legs caused by regeneration gone wrong. They are trying to board the Bamberg #117 tram despite a bylaw of the Franconian public-transport network which limits the number of efts, newts, salamanders and hellbenders to no more than one per passenger.

When initially imposed in 1617, the law banned newts and frogs altogether in line with a blanket no-demonic-familiars policy (with an exception for seeing-eye hellspawn). However, this clashed with the local custom of heading out into the hills around Bamberg on weekends for a family barbecue with a salamander as the centrepiece of the meal. Thus the current bylaw is a compromise. The 1618 Salamander Riots are still enshrined in town tradition and re-enacted every year with a street procession from the Klosterbräu brewpub to the Brauerei Spezial.
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