Joseph Merrick had a disorder that disfigured his entire body. Nicknamed “The Elephant Man,” he was put in a freak show.
He likely had proteus syndrome, which people are still born with today and which causes overgrowth of skin, bones, muscles, vessels, and/or tissues.
Every individual person has a different form of the syndrome, and they do not all look exactly the same.
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