title: The elephant man. Part III.
abstract: This is the third paper in a series of three articles on Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man. Three matters are discussed about which there is uncertainty: the disease which affected his left femoral head, the cause of his deformity and the cause of his death.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Seward
mesh_terms: D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000266:history; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000473:pathology; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology