title: von Recklinghausen's disease of nerves: a modern day social response.
abstract: We describe a patient with von Recklinghausen's Disease of Nerves whose appearance provoked an emotive reaction in the close community of an RN ship akin to that reported in the case of Sir Frederick Treves' "Elephant Man". The RN divisional system provided a valuable contribution to the resolution of the problems created.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hett
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mather
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Dewar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009326:Naval Medicine; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D012934:Social Isolation