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A NOTE by Science Service, of Washington, D.C., states that a ‘dog-boy’ four years old is living in Kharkov, U.S.S.R. His face and body are entirely covered with long blond hair, coarse and a little wavy. The child is otherwise normal mentally and physically except for rickets, which is being treated in the hospital. The relatives are all normal so far as known. This very rare condition is known as hypertrichosis universalis. Some thirty such families have been recorded, most of them from Russia. In certain cases reported from India, the hair was dark. The condition is a developmental defect, in which the prenatal lanugo is not shed. It may be accompanied by faulty teeth and nails. Once the condition has appeared, it is likely to recur in the next generation. An effort should be made to determine whether the family producing this child is related in any way to the previously recorded Russian families.
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Rare Developmental Condition in a Boy. Nature 136, 138 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136138d0
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