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Acromegalic gigantism, physicians and body snatching. Past or present?

The skeletons of 2 famous acromegalic giants: Charles Byrne (1761–1783) and Henri Cot = Joseph Dusorc (1883–1912) and the embalmed body of the famous acromegalic giant Édouard Beaupré (1881–1904) all ended up in the medical collections of museums despite the fact that these patients had never donate...

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Autor principal: de Herder, Wouter W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3443342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22481633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11102-012-0389-5