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Elephant Man

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Elephant Man
Joseph Merrick, a 19th century English man who suffered from a severe deforming disease that had been diagnosed by medical historians as von Recklinghausen’s disease, and subsequently re-diagnosed as Proteus syndrome


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Ray, a familiar sight in his John Bull garb outside factory gates at Longbridge, Land Rover, Jaguar, LDV and elsewhere, was the victim of an overseas sting which left him looking "like the Elephant Man.
Byline: by MAEVE QUIGLEY ANYONE who has seen the film of The Elephant Man could be forgiven for thinking that it was a work of fiction.
He looks like the elephant man with two black eyes, a cut lip and rope burns to his arms and legs.
 
 
 
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