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monstrosity, and is peculiar to man, owing to the fact that he 

 is usually hairless except in certain regions (Fig. 199). This 

 monstrosity is always considered most remarkable, especially 

 as it is hereditary. 



Darwin mentions a Siamese family in which the face and 

 body were covered with long hair in three successive genera- 

 tions. 1 In another case in a Burmese man the face and the 

 entire body, with the exception of the hands and feet, were 

 covered with fine silky hair which on the back reached a length 

 of five inches. Only the incisor teeth were present. One of 

 his daughters had the same peculiarity, and her appearance was 

 even more singular, as the nose was covered with thick soft hair. 



FIG. 199. Russian hairy man. 

 (Ranke.) 



FIG. 200. Julia Pastrana. 

 (After Haeckel.) 



The family of the Russian hairy man were similar in ap- 

 pearance, their faces, which were completely covered with hair, 

 resembled that of a poodle or Skye terrier. The most celebrated 

 instance was the Spanish dancer Julia Pastrana (Fig. 200). 

 The whole of her face was covered with hair as was also her 

 chest ; she had a beard and a double irregular row of teeth in 

 both the upper and lower jaws. 



The face of the foetus is covered throughout with downy hair, 

 which during the fifth month is longer than that on the head. 

 Darwin, therefore, is inclined to consider the hairy man as a 

 reversion, that is to say, a persistence of the embryonic condition. 



1 Darwin, loc. cit., iv., p. 4. 



