<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > March 1860, a 26-year-old woman named Julia Pastrana died of puerperal fever in a Hospital in Moscow. Later, her husband approached a doctor and mummified Julia. What the hell is going on? Let's start at the beginning. </h1>
Julia Pastrana
Born in 1834 in a mountain village in western Mexico, Julia was covered with hair that frightened the rest of the village. Even in the 19th century, people were still terrified of this abnormal appearance, thinking that she might bring bad luck. So Julia's mother left the village with her daughter and hid in the mountains.
After two years of hiding in the woods with her mother, Julia was found by a kind herder and sent to town. Julia then left her mother and was sent to live in an orphanage. The unusual appearance and full of hair did not make Julia introverted and lonely, she had a good personality, and learned to sing and dance, and of course dared to perform in front of everyone.
At the age of 20, Julia met a wandering artist in the United States, and under the persuasion of the other party, she decided to go to the United States and use her special appearance to engage in acting. In 19th-century America, everyone was curious about novelties—not only were exotic animals from all over the world transported to circuses, but people with natural deformities were also often on stage.
This year, Julia came to the broadway stage in New York, wearing a red dress, singing and dancing, attracting countless people to watch. Of course, people didn't come to admire her singing and dancing, but what everyone was curious about was her hairy body, her protruding jaw, her fat lips—they called Julia "ape-man."
Curiosity came not only from an avid audience, but doctors and academics also approached Julia, even hoping to give her some tests. New York doctor Alexander Mott obtained Julia's consent, and after examination the doctor said that Julia was a hybrid of half human and half orangutan.
At the time, most people, including doctors, agreed with Dr. Mott. People of that era had no idea of Julia's hirsutism, and could only judge that she had the blood of a beast on her body. As a result, this curiosity led more people to pay attention to Julia, a strange-looking woman, who became popular on the New York stage.
Julia obviously didn't care about the strange eyes of others, and maybe she really enjoyed the feeling of performing on stage. After the new York hit, Julia began to tour, from the United States to Canada, to London, England, her appearance always triggered the audience's enthusiasm.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > in England, Julia met the most important person of her life. </h1>
Promotional poster for the show
Theodore Reint, who became Julia's new agent. Reint was obviously also very good at propaganda, and in the brochures he published, Julia was called "Miss Baboon", and she was also a clever and clever person. Of course, in order to increase people's attention, it is also necessary to emphasize julia's special relationship with wild animals.
Julia doesn't seem to have any problem with the promotional content, but she still focuses on her own performances and earns herself and Rendt a lot of money. Reint is obviously satisfied, but he also realizes that the relationship between the two is unstable anyway, and that one day he may be replaced by another agent.
We don't know exactly what motives Raint had, and he made the decision that stunned everyone: to propose to Julia.
Although she can't maliciously speculate on Reint's intentions, Julia seems to have no choice: she has been performing on stage for many years, even if she doesn't perform, she is stuck at home and has almost no friends.
The only agent who has been around her all day, Rent, claims to have fallen in love, and Julia naturally agrees...
After marriage, the two continued to perform everywhere. In 1859, they came to Moscow on tour, which also attracted countless audiences. It was also this year that Julia found out she was pregnant... They stayed in Moscow temporarily, and in March 1860 Julia gave birth to a baby boy at the local hospital.
Unfortunately, the baby boy's body is also covered with hair and has the same facial features. After 35 hours, the baby boy died. Not long after, Julia also died of puerperal fever.
Instead of burying his wife right away, Reint found a Moscow doctor.
This is an expert in the field of embalming at Moscow University, who directly bought the remains of Julia's mother and son, spent several months preserving them, and made them into "mummies". Julia's body was well preserved and fixed in a standing position, her hands naturally resting on her waist, her face turned to one side, as if she were still alive and performing on stage.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > a few months later, Raint took advantage of the loophole in the contract with the doctor to get the remains of Julia's mother and son back. </h1>
Julia was made into a specimen
His purpose, of course, was not to bury his wife well, for he realized that even if she died, Julia could still make money for herself. So he went on to pull Julia to exhibit around the world and made a lot of money. At this time, although people can't see the living "Baboon Miss", the superb anti-corrosion technology still allows the audience and scholars to come to visit endlessly.
In this way, Reinte made a few more years of money, until he heard that another woman, Mary Battle, suffered from the same symptoms as Julia.
Raint immediately approached Mary and tried everything he could to persuade her family to marry her back home. Of course, as can be imagined later, Rendt married Mary with a new name, Zenora Pastrona. Rent announced that this was Julia's sister and was now on stage.
Apparently, Reint has found a cash cow again and is now on a tour around the world. Mary's fate was better, because a few years later the two came to St. Petersburg, and Reint inexplicably went mad and finally died in the madhouse. Mary moved back to Germany and sold the remains of Julia's mother and son.
In the decades since, the remains of Julia's mother and son have been exhibited in exhibition halls across Europe, continuing to help others make money. By the late 20th century, because such exhibitions were becoming increasingly unpopular, specimens of Julia's body remained in the storeroom for many years.
It wasn't until 2005 that a Mexican artist applied to the University of Oslo in Norway, where Julia's body was preserved, in the hope of sending her back to Mexico for burial. After years of hard work, under the petition of the people of Julia's hometown, Julia's body finally returned to her hometown for burial, which was already 2013.
Although Julia only lived for a short period of 26 years, her experience was so tortuous that even decades after her death, it was still the focus of attention. I really don't know what kind of language to use to evaluate her...