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Title: FREAKS
THE PIG-FACED LADY OF MANCHESTER QUARE AND OTHER MEDICAL MARVELS
By: Jan Bondeson
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0752436627
ISBN 13: 9780752436623
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Publisher: THE HISTORY PRESS LTD
Pub. date: 1 February, 2006
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Pages: 296
Description: The story of the lives of individuals afflicted with severe deformities and how seventeenth and eighteenth-century British society reacted to their extraordinary bodies.
Synopsis: This is the remarkable story of the lives of individuals afflicted with severe deformities and how seventeenth and eighteenth-century British society reacted to their extraordinary bodies. From hog-faced women to dog-faced boys, Jan Bondeson examines historical cases of dwarfism, extreme corpulence, giantism, conjoined twins, and extreme hairiness. He considers these individuals not as 'freaks' but as human beings born with sometimes appalling congenital deformities. Heavily illustrated with woodcuts, engravings, and oil paintings, "The Pig-Faced Lady of Manchester Square" combines a scientist's scrutiny with a humanist's wonder at the endurance of the human spirit.
Illustrations: 118ill. (18 col.)
Publication: UK
Imprint: NPI Media Group
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