http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com Diseases of the bones related to hyperfunction or hypofunction of the endocrine glands. en-us Sun Jan 13 2008 17:14:36 GMT Copyright 2005 OWL Inc. orthopaedicweblinks@gmail.com (Christian Veillette) orthopaedicweblinks@gmail.com (OWL Inc.) http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/10081.html Abstract A collection of 893 historical picture postcards from 1900 to 1935, depicting dwarfs and giants, was analysed from medical and psychosocial viewpoints. In conditions such as 'bird headed dwarfism', achondroplasia, cretinism, so-called Aztecs or pinheads, Grebe chondrodysplasia, and acromegalic gigantism, the disorder could be diagnosed easily. In hypopituitary dwarfism, exact diagnosis was more difficult because of heterogeneity. The most common conditions depicted were pituitary dwarfism and achondroplasia. Most of those with gigantism had pituitary gigantism and acromegaly. Brothers and sisters or parents and their children provided evidence of mendelian inheritance of some of these disorders. The cards suggest that being put on show provided, at least in some cases, social benefits. Full text available A Enderle J R Soc Med. 1998 May; 91(5): 273–278. 2006-11-16 17:14:36 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=10081 A Enderle http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/10082.html Search String "gigantism"[MeSH Terms] 2006-11-16 17:14:36 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=10082 Myles Clough