Concept
Hirsutism
Images
![[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].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28549697_EPH_499B_22_0002.jp2/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
![[Handbill advertising appearances by Madame Polonawsky, the Living Russian Bearded Lady (Albert Palace, 15 February 1886)].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28549739_EPH_499B_26_0001.jp2/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
![[Leaflet advertising bearded lady, Mlle. Melaque from Constantinople, appearing at the Champ de Foire (Paris)].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28549521_EPH_499B_5_0001.jp2/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
![[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].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28549697_EPH_499B_22_0001.jp2/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
![[Illustrated handbill advertising appearances by Madame Polonawsky, the Bearded Lady (Albert Palace, 15 February 1886)].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28549727_EPH_499B_25_0001.jp2/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
Catalogue
- Ephemera
- Online
[Leaflet advertising an exhibition of the mummified corpse of Julia Pastrana at the Burlington Gallery, 191 Piccadilly, London (1862?)].
Date: 1862- Archives and manuscripts
Hypertrichosis lanuginosa (various types)
Date: 1950-1951Reference: PP/FPW/B.160Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)- Books
Inherited abnormalities of the skin and its appendages / by E.A. Cockayne.
Cockayne, E. A. (Edward Alfred), 1880-Date: 1933- Books
The hair and scalp : a clinical study (with a chapter on hirsuties) / by Agnes Savill.
Savill, Agnes (Agnes Forbes Blackadder), 1876-Date: [1935]
- Ephemera
- Online
[Leaflet advertising bearded lady, Mlle. Melaque from Constantinople, appearing at the Champ de Foire (Paris)].
Date: 1882