turtle-woman

Updated: May 9, 2025

The hands and feet were normally developed, but the arms, forearms, and legs are much shortened. The "turtle-woman" of Demerara was so called because her mother when pregnant was frightened by a turtle, and also from the child's fancied resemblance to a turtle.

George M. (George Milbrey) Gould - Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine