Full story, facts, and photos of Josephine Myrtle Corbin, "the 4-legged woman"

4 facts about Josephine Myrtle Corbin that will blow your mind

History Everyday on Instagram: "Josephine Myrtle Corbin, photographed here in 1882, was an American sideshow performer born as a dipygus. Dipygus is a severe birth defect where the body axis forks left and right partway along the torso, and therefore the pelvis and legs duplicate. She was said to be able to move her inner legs, but they were too weak for walking. Corbin went on to marry, have 5 children and live to the age of 59. Due to how rare her condition was her casket was covered in concre

“She had four legs — but wait until you see her child” 🤯🦵 Myrtle Corbin stunned the world with her rare condition… but one photo of her baby left everyone speechless. See the image in the comments below 👇📸 | Just About Interesting

QUICK EXPLANATION!! Josephine Myrtle Corbin was born in 1868 in Tennessee with a rare congenital condition called dipygus, which caused her body to split at the pelvis resulting in two separate pelvises and four legs. The two inner legs were smaller and underdeveloped, but surprisingly, each leg belonged to a separate half of her body. Myrtle even had two functioning reproductive systems, a fact that astonished doctors of the time. Her parents, seeing an opportunity, began exhibiting her in trav