| Title |
Acromegalic gigantism, physicians and body snatching. Past or present?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Pituitary, April 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11102-012-0389-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Wouter W. de Herder |
| Abstract |
The skeletons of 2 famous acromegalic giants: Charles Byrne (1761-1783) and Henri Cot = Joseph Dusorc (1883-1912) and the embalmed body of the famous acromegalic giant Édouard Beaupré (1881-1904) all ended up in the medical collections of museums despite the fact that these patients had never donated or even refused to donate their corpses, nor had their relatives given permission. The corpse of the acromegalic giant John Aasen (1890-1938) was voluntarily donated to a physician annex collector of trivia from acromegalic giants. The autopsy on the acromegalic giant John Turner (1874-1911) was performed during his funeral ceremony without the relatives being informed. Only recently, the acromegalic giant Alexander Sizonenko (1959-2012) was made a financial offer during his life in exchange for his body after his death. The case-histories of these 6 patients and also the circumstances that led to the (in-) voluntary donation of their bodies are reviewed. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 15 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 4 | 27% |
| Other | 2 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 13% |
| Other | 2 | 13% |
| Unknown | 1 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 47% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 13% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 1 | 7% |
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