In a world of many unusual.
From time to time on light there are people with so amazing anatomical anomalies that confuse researchers and amazes others. We will tell you about five such cases that occurred in the late XIX — early XX century.
Some call them freaks, but they see themselves differently. They are simple people who are forced to live in unusual conditions.
Jean Libera gained fame as “the Man with two bodies”. Unique Jean did twin is a parasite, burrowing into the chest. The x-rays in the chest the doctors found a head of a twin circumference 15 see His brother Libber called Jean.
Francesco Lentini was referred to as “the Great Lentini”. From Francesco was fully functioning third leg, partially owned by ingrown Siamese twin. Born in Sicily, most of his life he lived in the US, speaking at the circus, where he delighted the audience with wit and dexterity. Four children Lentini was perfectly healthy.
Maurice the guest house was also known as “the French angel”. At the beginning of the last century, Maurice was twice world champion in heavy weight under the version of the Boston American Wrestling Association. In adolescence, the doctors diagnosed him with acromegaly — a disease accompanied by an increase in bone thickening. This made him a dangerous opponent in the ring.
Fanny mills became known as the “girl-Bigfoot of Ohio.” Fanny suffered terrible swelling of the legs caused by the so-called “Milroy’s disease”. The length of her feet was up to 43 cm
Ella Harper, also known as “camel” got his nickname for a habit of walking on all fours. Ella was born with an amazing and extremely rare orthopedic defect — her knees are bent inside out.
His life had been devoted to work in the circus, earning $200 a week. She was born in 1870 and lived for 51 years.
