Thursday, August 31, 2006
Hairy people who made PT Barnum proud
At the Fortean Times site, Dr. Jan Bondeson, author of the classic book A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, profiles history's hairiest wonders. These individuals suffered from hypertrichosis aka "Werewolf syndrome." In Bondeson's article, you'll meet Barbara Urslerin, the "Hairy Maid" who played the harpsichord, the "Sacred Hairy Family of Burma" who worked for PT Barnum at the end of the 19th century, and, of course, Jo-Jo The Dog-Faced Boy, billed as "the most prodigious paragon of all prodigies secured by PT Barnum in over 50 years."Link
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