Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Homo cornutus.



Horned Humans were common in freak shows, myth and monster collections. The picture above depicts Mary Davies born near Chester in 1594.

There is a publicity pamphlet called A Brief Narrative of a Strange and Wonderful Old Woman that hath a Pair of Horns growing upon her head.

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The University of Edinburgh's Anatomical Medical Museum Collection still holds the horn of Elizabeth Lowe, which was removed by Surgeon Arthur Temple in 1671. It is suspended by a silver chain in cylindrical jar.