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from Anomalies & Curiosities of Medicine, fig. 56.

Louise L. is a sideshow performer that was born with a parasitic twin.

Medical condition

Louise L. was a case of dipygus parasiticus; attached to her pelvis she had the atrophied lower half of a parasitic twin. She had some passive motion of the parasite, but the joints were ankylosed and immobile. Two vestigial breasts were attached near the junction of the twin with Louise's body. She could feel where the twin was touched, except for in its feet.

Life

Louise L. was born somewhere in France in 1869. She was married and had two daughters and according to the Bernard L. Kobel catalog of sideshow images, Louise was also exhibited as Camille de Monville and known as La femme à quatre jambes (four-legged woman).