<\/span><\/h2>\nIt is said that the young man lost his mind when he was only 23 and ended his life. It is rumored that Edward Mordrake left a note behind after his death, in which he inherited the destruction of both his own face and his “demon’s” face, with the words “don’t let his dreadful whispers continue in my grave”. This note also contained the following words:<\/p>\n
“No imagination can fathom the terrible temptations he has put before me.”<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine – A Collection of Bizarre Medical Cases<\/span><\/h2>\nWhile this story of Edward Mordrake seems to have been confirmed by a case in 1896 in the “Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine – A Collection of Bizarre Medical Cases”\u00a0 published by American doctors George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle, a compilation of unnatural medical cases, of Mordrake’s. We have no concrete evidence that he is alive.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Mordrake’s Case May Be Explained: Craniofacial Duplication or Diprosopus<\/span><\/h2>\nCraniofacial duplication, also known as Diprosopus, is a very rare congenital disease that occurs as a result of abnormal proliferation of the head and face regions. All cases seen in this disease are considered as conjoined twins. While some babies born with this disease have only a few facial features (such as two noses and three eyes on one face), others may have two facial features in one head, such as Edward Mordrake’s case.<\/p>\n
Bodies with this disease usually appear normal. Diprosopus constitutes the most common type of conjoined twins. Since the disease was first documented in the history of medicine in 1884, a total of 35 cases of Diprosopus have been seen worldwide.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Edward Mordrake in popular culture<\/span><\/h2>\nPoor Edward<\/h3>\n