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To: Esteemed Colleagues, Scholars, Educators, Students, Poets and others who may enjoy the beauty and elegance of ideas in words illustrated by fine arts. 
  
From: W. Wertelecki M.D. 

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	   Achondroplasia


Achondroplasia is a "birth defect" because the syndrome or complex of signs of this disorder is present at birth. The term achodroplasia is inaccurate because it implies "lack" instead of "abnormal" cartilage "... A limestone statuette of Chnoum-hotep from about 2700 BC shows a man with a large head, diminutive lower limbs, sort digits and upper limbs, lordosis and good muscular development ...

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Works by Velazquez, Von Schwind ...

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