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Excerpt from: Circus And Museum Freaks -- Curiosities Of Pathology Most of these humble and unfortunate individuals whose sole means of livelihood is the exhibition of their physical infirmities to a gaping and unsympathetic crowd, are pathological rarities worthy of more serious study than they usually receive.... |  Read Full Text |
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| Title: | Circus And Museum Freaks -- Curiosities Of Pathology | |
| Creator: | n/a | |
| Date: | March 28, 1908 | |
| Format: | Article | |
| Publication: | Scientific American | |
| Source: | Available at selected libraries | |
| Location: | p.222 | |
| Keywords: | African-American; Charles Stratton, Tom Thumb; Circus; Cognitive Disability; Diagnoses & Diseases; Employment; Entertainment; Entertainment, Leisure & Recreation; Freak Show; Idiocy; MASS MEDIA, CULTURE & THE ARTS; Media; Medicine; Medicine & Science; Museums; Phineas T. Barnum; Physical Disability; Popular Culture; SCIENCE, HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY; Short Stature; The Arts |
