Elephant Man Skeleton
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Elephant Man
kw25x — 11 years ago(October 10, 2014 10:50 PM)
I find it very odd and quite unnerving that they removed all the flesh from his body and kept his skeleton.
To think that they dissected his body and removed all the bones for some sort of freak show medical science display.
What manner did they dispose of the flesh and organs?
I just can't imagine a human being treated in this way, like he was some sort of trophy, mounted for display.
Imagine seeing a family member in this way knowing what was done to the body.
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indy_go_blue44 — 11 years ago(February 02, 2015 05:59 AM)
Did John Merrick request it? It does seem cold but oftentimes people with rare afflictions offer their remains to science in hopes that it'll stop someone else from suffering. It was even more common 100+ years ago when sciences like histology were infants and cellular biology was unknown.
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TheChamCham — 10 years ago(October 12, 2015 02:03 PM)
Yes, he did. He wanted Mr. Treeves to find out what had caused his condition so that it might be prevented or treated early in someone else. If it hadn't been his request I might think it ratherunsavorybut his reasons make it less so.
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