Elephantiasis picture needed!

[Richard Speare]

Dear bOaZ

On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, bOaZ wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Does anyone out there have the picture of the "elephant man" who's David
> Lynch's movie was based upon, John Merrick? Please email it to me, I
> need it for an essay I'm preparing.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> bOaZ.
> 
> 

The "elephant man" was suffering from neurofibromatosis, a genetic
disorder, not from elephantiasis, a disease due to filarial nematodes in
the lymphatics. "Parasite" is the wrong list.

Regards

Rick Speare

Department of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
James Cook University
Townsville
AUSTRALIA

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