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Julia
Pastrana -
Human Wonder
b. 1834
- Mexico (Indian)
d. March 1860 - Moscow, shortly after giving birth to a son.
Born
with a congenital condition of generalized hypertrichosis terminalis.
This
and the following cabinet photograph were long believed to have been of Julia
Pastrana in life.
It is
now known that these were photographs taken of her preserved body.
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