Edward Mordake(sometimes spelledEdward Mordrake) was an heir to anEnglishpeeragewho reportedly had an extra face on the back of his head. The duplicate face could neither eat nor speak out loud but was seen to “smile and sneer while Mordake was weeping.”

Mordake reportedly begged doctors to have his “Demon face” removed, claiming that it whispered to him at night, but no doctor would attempt it. He committed suicide when he was 23 years old.

The 1896 medical encyclopedia Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine, co-authored by Dr.George M. Gouldand Dr. Walter L. Pyle, gives anaccount of Mordake with no mention as to when he lived.

Though the encyclopedia describes the basic morphology of Mordake’s condition, it provides no medical diagnosis for the rare deformity. With no photographs of Mordake known to exist—he likely lived many generations before practical photography became ubiquitous—such a birth defect might have been a form ofcraniopagus parasiticus(a parasitic twin head with an undeveloped body), a formofdiprosopus(bifurcated craniofacial duplication), or an extreme form ofparasitic twin(an unequalconjoined twin).

Another strange case is that of the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal. He was born in the village of Mundul Gait in May 1783 into a poor family of farmers. Terrified, the midwife who delivered theinfant threw him in a fire. Although badly burned, hesurvived and his parents decided he would make exhibit. He became a sideshow attraction in Calcutta, earning his family a hefty sum.He quickly became famous and attracted visitors from all around India. Rich noblemen would arrange private shows in their own homes, allowing the guests to freely examine the boy.The boy had one head on top of the other, both similar in size and development to that of a normal child. The second head ended in a stump and its eyes and ears were not fully developed. It also appeared to function separately.

When the boy showed emotions like crying or smiling, the second head wouldn’t always match them. When the main head was fed, the second one produced saliva and would attempt to suckle if was given the opportunity.Also, the heads had different sleep cycles; when the boy was asleep, the secondary head would often stay awake. Even though the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal received a lot of attention, none of it was medical. He died at the age of four after being bitten by a cobra. His body was exhumed by an agent of the East India Company and his skull was brought back to England. A dissection revealed the boy’s heads had separate brains, eachone properly developed.

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he is the real tuface.

cozy7:
Is this what now reigns abroad? I beg, I no go again! Let me remain here where things are natural...

Lol

bankyblue:
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Why do you say so?

imbless:
he is the real tuface.

lol the white 2face