tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321882200431741801.post5715635792832799044..comments2023-04-26T15:29:06.882+01:00Comments on Dicks I Have Studied: Dicks and their BonesWhite Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223879216470014576noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321882200431741801.post-84244369610978783322012-09-16T20:09:12.744+01:002012-09-16T20:09:12.744+01:00I would guess they didn't - and if you were no...I would guess they didn't - and if you were not form a rich family and had the fortune (or misfortune) to survive with it, you'd be unable to perform much manual labor and maybe end up a life-long beggar. But that's just conjecture - perhaps now that this has come out, more attention will be paid to other cases. All those people who work on disability studies are going to have a fieldKristin Pinyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15179078435273821141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321882200431741801.post-73138087384260375062012-09-16T19:18:12.043+01:002012-09-16T19:18:12.043+01:00So true. I think it's cool as well. It's r...So true. I think it's cool as well. It's really fascinating to see how a false image grew out of a grain of truth. It's also interesting to see evidence that even medieval elites suffered from some of the same diseases we have now. I wonder how they treated scoliosis back then? Did they? White Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223879216470014576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321882200431741801.post-29650278250063410772012-09-14T19:03:33.243+01:002012-09-14T19:03:33.243+01:00The thing I find most interesting is that the bone...The thing I find most interesting is that the bones show signs of scoliosis. This discovery is going to go a long way toward separating history from myth, but the hunchback story is one myth-y element that's going to settle back into the history column. So cool.Kristin Pinyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15179078435273821141noreply@blogger.com