title: [Joseph Carey Merrick the man in the flannel mask].
abstract: Joseph Carey Merrick was born like all other children in his time, yet his life story was unlike those of other people due to an odd disfiguring disease that devastated his appearance. Despite his personal and social handicap caused by his deformity, Joseph Merrick did his best to survive the challenges of every-day living in a hostile and unsympathetic world. This is the story of a man who had to cover his face from the crows behind a mask, a man whose bones have yet to find eternal peace. This is the story of the "elephant man".
authors.affiliation: Maccabi Healthcare Services. rimmer@netvision.net.il
authors.forename: Yossi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rimar
mesh_terms: D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities*