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.

5 comments:

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

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

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

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

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