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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.

Hebra, Hildebrandt, Jablokoff, and Klein describe similar cases.


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