" In 1875 there was exhibited in Paris,
under the name of "l'homme-chien" Adrien Jeftichew, a Russian
peasant of fifty-five, whose face, head, back, and limbs were
covered with a brown hairy coat looking like wool and several
centimeters long. The other parts of the body were also covered
with hair, but less abundantly. This individual had a son of
three, Theodore, who was hairy like himself.
A family living in Burmah (Shive-Maon, whose history is told by
Crawford and Yule), consisting of a father, a daughter, and a
granddaughter, were nearly covered with hair. Figure 84
represents a somewhat similar family who were exhibited in this
country.
Teresa Gambardella, a young girl of twelve, mentioned by
Lombroso, was covered all over the body, with the exception of
the hands and feet, by thick, bushy hair. This hypertrichosis was
exemplified in this country only a few months since by a person
who went the rounds of the dime museums under the euphonious name
of "Jo-Jo, the dog-face boy." His face was truly that of a
skye-terrier.
Sometimes the hairy anomalies are but instances of naevus
pilosus. The Indian ourang-outang woman examined at the office of
the Lancet was an example of this kind.
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