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Current status: Good article

Elephant Man's condition.

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In the intro it says: "Only in 1986 it was conjuctered (note the typo here) that he had Proteus syndrome ... . This has been definitely proven in 2003 ..." But in the medical condition section is says "However, the results of these tests proved inconclusive and therefore the precise cause of Merrick's medical condition remains unknown". It's kinda contradictory. 93.185.26.148 (talk) 14:50, 5 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

The opening sentence of the final paragraph "In a letter to Biologist in June 2001, British teacher and Chartered Biologist Paul Spiring[101] speculated that Merrick might have suffered from a combination of the two syndromes." is unclear. Could the writer of this please state which two syndromes are meant? Thanks. Marosc9 (talk) 13:27 GMT, 27 December 2017 —Preceding undated comment added 13:28, 27 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Ref cleanup

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Some refs need cleaning up: ones like "name=vigor-mungovin(2016)" which are ill-formatted, and Howell54, Howell55, and Spiring which are no longer used. Chris857 (talk) 18:20, 23 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

P.S. Looks like it was fixed. Chris857 (talk) 14:25, 4 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

Nadja Durbach quote

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This is completely misrepresented. Far from the centrist "two biased sources" view implied in the article, Durbach in fact takes a completely pro-Norman stance (as should be expected from an academic writing about disability; they tend to be rather anti-medical profession). Precisely how unbiased a source she should be presented as is debatable. --Eldomtom2 (talk) 22:18, 13 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

Frederick Treves

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Is it correct to describe Frederick Treves as Merrick's partner, as the infobox currently does?

This doesn't seem to be supported by the article.

Relevant edits: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Merrick&type=revision&diff=999150411&oldid=999139615

KingUther (talk) 13:19, 16 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Inconsistency in Ashley Montagu's take on Merrick's given name

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Ashley Montagu is said in the section here on Merrick's early life to have believed that Treves gave Merrick's name as "John" out of confusion with another Merrick. So, if Montagu knew that Joseph, not John, was Merrick's real given name, then why should Montagu himself, in a book about the man, have called him "John Thomas Merrick," in a passage quoted here? Mucketymuck (talk) 04:16, 29 April 2021 (UTC)Reply