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Gruss von Hede.

[Leaflet advertising exhibition of the curious history of Julia Pastrana, "The Baboon Lady" and the live two-in-one, or, double-bodied boy at Dr. Kahn's Museum. The boy is shown in the illustration. Julia Pastrana was also giving 'levees' at the Regent Gallery 3 times a day].

Madame Delait en promenade avec son chien.

Now exhibiting at 432, West Strand : an extraordinary living phenomenon of the female sex, thirty years old, and only four feet high, having a beard six inches in length, with whiskers and moustachios.

[Handbill advertising appearances by Madame Polonawsky, the Living Russian Bearded Lady (Albert Palace, 15 February 1886)].

[Leaflet advertising bearded lady, Mlle. Melaque from Constantinople, appearing at the Champ de Foire (Paris)].

Facts! Amazing facts! : Never exhibited in England, Mademoiselle Lefort, a first rate phenomen ...

[Illustrated handbill advertising appearances by Madame Polonawsky, the Bearded Lady (Albert Palace, 15 February 1886)].

[Leaflet advertising an exhibition of the mummified corpse of Julia Pastrana at the Burlington Gallery, 191 Piccadilly, London (1862?)].

Hypertrichosis lanuginosa (various types)

Inherited abnormalities of the skin and its appendages / by E.A. Cockayne.

The hair and scalp : a clinical study (with a chapter on hirsuties) / by Agnes Savill.

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Hirsutism

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Images referencing Hirsutism

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[Leaflet advertising an exhibition of the mummified corpse of Julia Pastrana at the Burlington Gallery, 191 Piccadilly, London (1862?)].

Hypertrichosis lanuginosa (various types)

Inherited abnormalities of the skin and its appendages / by E.A. Cockayne.

The hair and scalp : a clinical study (with a chapter on hirsuties) / by Agnes Savill.

[Leaflet advertising bearded lady, Mlle. Melaque from Constantinople, appearing at the Champ de Foire (Paris)].

Hirsutism

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hirsutism

Works from the collections

[Leaflet advertising an exhibition of the mummified corpse of Julia Pastrana at the Burlington Gallery, 191 Piccadilly, London (1862?)].

Hypertrichosis lanuginosa (various types)

Inherited abnormalities of the skin and its appendages / by E.A. Cockayne.

The hair and scalp : a clinical study (with a chapter on hirsuties) / by Agnes Savill.

[Leaflet advertising bearded lady, Mlle. Melaque from Constantinople, appearing at the Champ de Foire (Paris)].

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