[PDR] Re-examining the 'Elephant Man'

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RE-EXAMINING THE 'ELEPHANT MAN'

*Nadja Durbach questions the extent to which Joseph Merrick, known as 
the Elephant Man, was exploited during his time in a Victorian 
‘freakshow’, and asks if it wasn’t perhaps the medical establishment, 
often seen as his saviour, who really took advantage of the man and his 
condition.*
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3675430296_1b7db4fbdb_o (1)Photographs from the very first Tour de 
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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/07/18/the-first-tour-de-france-1903/>




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The Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and anecdotes of remarkable 
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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/07/17/the-book-of-wonderful-characters-1869/>




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