First published in 1896, Pyle and Gould’s “Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine” remains one of the classic textbooks on the subject of pathology and teratology, or the study of “human abnormality”. Originally included as Chapters V and VI of that book, “The Major And Minor Terata” constitute an extensive history of “freaks”, from antiquity to the start of the 20th century. They encompass such phenomena as conjoined twins, parasitic twins, missing or supernumeraray limbs, genital deformity, microcephaly (“pinheads”), hermaphrodites, and many other marvels and monsters. This special ebook edition of “The Major And Minor Terata” is newly re-edited and illustrated throughout with 50 startling and often astounding photographs of vintage sideshow exhibits and medical anomalies.