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Hypertrichosis

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Images from the collections

Images about Hypertrichosis

26 images from works
  • Gruss von Hede.
  • For twelve nights only, commencing Monday, Feb. 23, 1874 : South London Palace, London Road / proprietors, Speedy & Poole.
  • "Krao", the "missing link" : a living proof of Darwin's theory of the descent of man : special lectures, 2.30, 5.30 & 9.30... : all should see her : [jungle illustration].
  • Andenken an Lionel den Löwenmenschen.
  • Madame Delait en promenade avec son chien.
  • "Krao", the "missing link" : a living proof of Darwin's theory of the descent of man : special lectures, 2.30, 5.30 & 9.30... : all should see her : [jungle illustration].
  • [Undated handbill (1874) for an exhibition of Andree & Son, or the Kostroma people : "Two human beings with dogs' heads" at the South London Palace. Printed on white paper].
  • "Krao", the "missing link" : a living proof of Darwin's theory of the descent of man : special lectures, 2.30, 5.30 & 9.30... : all should see her : [seated illustration].
  • [Undated handbill (1874) for an exhibition of Andree & Son, or the Kostroma people : "Two human beings with dogs' heads" at the South London Palace. Printed on white paper].
  • The hirsute Kostroma people from the primeval forests of central Russia : the first of their kind ever seen in England.

Works from the collections

21 works

    • Ephemera

    Oversize ephemera. EPH+33.

    • Ephemera
    • Online

    The hirsute Kostroma people from the primeval forests of central Russia : the first of their kind ever seen in England.

    | Date: [1874]
    • Books

    Androgens, virilization and the hirsute female / by Eugene J. Segre.

    Segre, Eugene J. | Date: [1967]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    "Krao", the "missing link" : a living proof of Darwin's theory of the descent of man : special lectures, 2.30, 5.30 & 9.30... : all should see her : [seated illustration].

    | Date: [1887]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Madame Delait en promenade avec son chien.

    | Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]

Related topics

Freak shows
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
London
Julia Pastrana
Kostroma
Royal Aquarium
South London Palace (Southwark, London, England)

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