Monday, 9 September 2013

Re-Examining The 'Elephant Man'

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Nadja Durbach, Professor of history at the University of Utah, questions the extent to which Joseph Merrick, known as the Elephant Man, was exploited during his time in a Victorian freakshow, and asks if it wasn't perhaps the medical establishment, often seen as his saviour, who really took advantage of Merrick and his condition.

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