it is medical related i think
2006-10-26 07:10:22 · 5 answers · asked by medical student 2 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
Ahh Jo-jo. (not Joe Joe).
Jo-Jo was a sideshow performer who lived at the turn of the 20th century in Russia (died 1904). His name was Fedor Jeftichew (aka Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy, Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Man).
He had Hypertrichosis, which causes excessive body hair.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo-Jo_The_Dog-Faced_Boy
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertrichosis
2006-10-26 07:15:50 · answer #1 · answered by dj_gratis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jo-Jo The Dog-Faced Boy is perhaps one of the most famous of sideshow performers. He was born Fedor Jeftichew in St. Petersburg and toured with his father until the father passed away. He eventually got a contract with Barnum who made him a star.
Barnum's explained that a hunter in Kostroma, Russia, had tracked Jo-Jo and his father to their cave and captured them. The father was described as savage and could not be civilized. His promoter made a point of stressing his resemblance to a dog, and explained that when he was upset he would bark and growl. In his show Jo-Jo obliged by barking and growling, apparently quite the showman.
Jo-Jo spoke Russian, German, and English, and toured Europe and the US extensively.
thats all i could find really oh but i do know the medical side it was that he suffered from hypertrichosis, or abnormal hair growth, which caused him to grow long hair all over his face.
2006-10-26 14:27:58 · answer #2 · answered by ayyyyyyyyohhh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was a circus preformer with barnum and bailey in the early days, had a hair growth condition
2006-10-26 14:18:21 · answer #3 · answered by michael m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think a circus person...not medical!
2006-10-26 14:17:36 · answer #4 · answered by randaroo87 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never heard of him?
2006-10-26 14:17:30 · answer #5 · answered by ken31pop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋