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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Re-Examining The 'Elephant Man'

Nadja Durbach, Professor of history at the University of Utah, questions the extent to which Joseph Merrick, known as the Elephant Man, was exploited during his time in a Victorian freakshow, and asks if it wasn't perhaps the medical establishment, often seen as his saviour, who really took advantage of Merrick and his condition.

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