Two-faced Janus: the strange story of Edward Mordrake (4 photos)

The case of Edward Mordrake is certainly one of the most curious and strange in the history of medicine. As a result of genetic mutations, his appearance terrified his contemporaries. Information about life There is very little Mordrake, but it is known that this man was born and lived in 19th century in England. You will learn the strange story of his life in this post.










Edward Mordrake was born in 1887 in England, the exact date of his birth is unknown. He was from a noble family, his mother was Countess of Darlington, he was heir to the peerage. The boy appeared on light with a terrible genetic mutation, on the back of his head was "functional" second person. From a medical point of view, it is malformation of "diprosopia". This anomaly includes duplication several features of the head, including the entire face. Usually these are specific parts, such as eyes, nose or mouth. Infants born with this anomaly do not can live longer than a few seconds or minutes after their birth, solely due to anatomical features. That is the unique case Mordrake, because he lived to be twenty-three years old.



Edward Mordrake was a man who was hated and feared many, although he had a privileged position in society and According to contemporaries, he had an extraordinary mind and beauty. ABOUT the darkest myths circulated in a two-faced man. According to the surviving according to information, the second face of Mordrake lived its own life, it could itself smile and keep an eye on those around you. The face was cross-eyed and somewhat deformed, but with its own facial expressions. Edward Mordrake strongly experienced his deformity, and asked the doctors to remove the second person, he claimed that it whispers all sorts of terrible things to him at night. Scientists considered this is impossible, since the brain was common, and therefore the mind was one.



The doctors refused to operate on the young man because believed that death was inevitable. Edward Mordrake lived to be twenty three years old, he suffered from severe depression due to rejection from the outside society. Mordrake committed suicide by shooting himself in the other person. He bequeathed to be secretly buried in a wasteland. If he lived in our time, perhaps modern medical advances would have helped him solve his problem.