This is the true story of Myrtle Corbin the 4 legged American woman who was born with four legs and two reproductive organs.
Historically, Myrtle Corbin was said to have been given birth to, as a 4 legged girl who grew up in the same condition with two legs belonging to her while the other two were to her twin but tied to her waist.
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Who Was Myrtle Corbin : The Four Legged Woman?
Josephine Myrtle Corbin popularly known as Myrtle Corbin is an American from Lincoln County in Tennessee.
Myrtle Corbin was born on the 12th of May, 1868, into the Corbin’s family with a congenital deformity and generally ascribed as a Dipygus.
Actually, Myrtle Corbin was said to have had duplicate legs (four legged) and while being able to use her two inner legs, they were said to be weak for movement.
Was Josephine Myrtle Corbin Married?
Yes! Josephine Myrtle Corbin was married in her 19th year of age to James Clinton.
A year after her marriage in 1886, she took in for the first time. Symptoms including Fever, headache, low appetite accompanied with pains from her left side were noticed.
Myrtle Corbin Disclosed With Two Organs
From there a doctor from Blountsville, Alabama by name Dr Lewis Whaley was invited. He was the one who disclosed ber issue while noting that she had persistent vomiting for 2 months.
Dr Whaley later composed a case about the pregnant 4 legged monster to Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal and that contributed to her fame in the 1880s as her story was on the media journals.
At that time, report has it that she was popularly known as Mrs B.
While the doctor examined her, he discovered she had two organs, one on the right and the other on the left.
At that time, she was pregnant with her left organ and her statement as regarding her right organ took the attention of many who made commentaries on her preference.
A Briefing On Her Career Life
At the age of 13, Myrtle Corbin become an exhibit while she went into sideshow.
Her modus operandi or mode of dressing attracted the attention of many people and she was able to make upto four hundred and fifty dollars ($450) on a weekly basis.
Did Myrtle Corbin Give Birth To Children?
According to Wikipedia, the Doctor later conducted an abortion weeks after several pains but that didn’t terminate her ability to conceive.
She was reportedly abel to give birth to four girls and one boys. And according to reports she was said to have given birth to 3 children using one of her organs and two children using the other.
The Death Myrtle Corbin
Josephine Myrtle Corbin, the four legged woman who took the attention of many in her time reportedly kicked the bucket on the 6th of May 1928.
She died in the city Cleburne in Texas at the age of 59years old.
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