22 October 2010

Phocomelia


For related previous posts, enter "amelia" in the search box in the blog's right sidebar.  Other examples of the disorder are depicted in a thalidomide-related post at Lilliputrid.

Photo via Old Photos, Young Kids; original credit Time Inc. / Stan Wayman, 1962.
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5 comments:

  1. JoyOctober 22, 2010 at 1:50 PM

    Have you seen the short film titled "The Butterfly Circus"?

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  2. MinnesotastanOctober 22, 2010 at 2:16 PM

    Just watched it on YouTube. Thanx.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 24, 2010 at 2:22 AM

    Her eyes are deep with a pure happy beauty.....

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 5:26 PM

    According http://www.cerebral-coffins.com/spk/thalidomide.html the photo was made by Stan Wayman in 1962.

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    1. MinnesotastanSeptember 11, 2012 at 5:43 PM

      You're exactly right. Credit added to the post. Thank you, anonymous reader.

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