on the chin,
while on the upper lip the hairs were scarcely an inch. This patient
was quite womanly in all her sentiments. The second case was a woman of
thirty-six, insane from emotional melancholia. She had tufts of thick,
curly hair on the chin two inches long, light yellowish in color, and a
few straggling hairs on the upper lip. The third case was that of a
woman of sixty-four, who exhibited a strong passion for the male sex.
Her menstruation had been regular until the menopause. She plaited her
beard, and it was seven or eight inches long on the chin and one inch
on the lip. This woman had extremely hairy legs. Another case was that
of a woman of sixty-two, who, though bald, developed a beard before the
climacteric. Her structural proportions were feminine in character, and
it is said that her mother, who was sane, had a beard also. A curious
case was that of a woman of twenty-three (Mrs. Viola M.), who from the
age of three had a considerable quantity of hair on the side of the
cheek which eventually became a full beard. She was quite feminine was
free from excessive hair elsewhere, her nose and forehead being
singularly bare. Her voice was very sweet; she was married at seventeen
and a half, having two normal children, and nursed each for one month.
"The bearded woman" of every circus side-show is an evidence of the
curious interest in which these women are held. The accompanying
illustration is a representation of a "bearded woman" born in Bracken
County, Ky. Her beard measured 15 inches in length.

There is a class of anomalies in which there is an exaggerated
development of hair. We would naturally expect to find the primitive
peoples, who are not provided with artificial protection against the
wind, supplied with an extra quantity of hair or having a hairy coat
like animals; but this is sometimes found among civilized people. This
abnormal presence of hair on the human body has been known for many
years; the description of Esau in the Bible is an early instance.
Aldrovandus says that in the sixteenth century there came to the Canary
Islands a family consisting of a father, son, and two daughters, who
were covered all over their bodies by long hair, and their portrait,
certainly reproduced from life, resembles the modern instances of "dog
men."

In 1883 there was shown in England and France, afterward in America, a
girl of seven named "Krao," a native of Indo-China. The whole body of
this child was covere