Handia (2017). Life of an acromegalic in XIX century
Abstract The life story of one of the most famous giants of the 19th century is narrated: Miguel Joaquín Eleizegui Ateaga (1818-1861), born in a village near Tolosa; Altzo, in the province of Guipúzcoa. His older brother Martin, sees an opportunity to earn money with the public exhibition of Joaquin and the film describes the sufferings and joys that this decision will bring. This article also reviews the situation of acromegaly and gigantism in the nineteenth century, “freaks” public exhibition and the most famous "giants" in Spain in the second half of this century.
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Bogdan R. Freak show: Presenting human oddities for amusement and profit. 2014. Disponible en: books.google.com
Brodesco A. Filming the freak show. Non-normative bodies on screen. Med Secoli. 2014;26(1):291-312.
Capatina C, Wass JA. 60 years of neuroendocrinolgy: Acromegaly. Endocrinol. 2015;226(2):T141-60. doi: 10.1530/JOE-15-0109.
Craton L. The Victorian freak show: The significance of disability and physical differences in 19th- century fiction. 2009. Disponible en: books.google.com
De Herder WW. Acromegaly and gigantism in the medical literature. Case descriptions in the era before and the early years after the initial publication of Pierre Marie (1886). Pituitary. 2009;12(3):236-44. Disponible en: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2712620/pdf/11102_2008_Article_138.pdf
De Herder WW. Acromegalic gigantism, physicians and body snatching. Past or present? Pituitary. 2012;15(3):312-8. doi: 10.1007/s11102-012-0389-5.
De Herder WW. The History of Acromegaly. Neuroendocrinology. 2016;103(1):7-17. doi: 10.1159/000371808.
Dechant EJ, Beresin EV, Bostic JQ. From Elephant Man to Jerry Springer: the rise of the psychological tele-spectacle. Acad Psychiatry. 2002;26(4):262-6.
Durbach N Spectacle of deformity: Freak shows and modern British culture. 2009. Disponible en: books.google.com
Durbach N.; “Skinless Wonders”: Body Worlds and the Victorian Freak Show, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences,2014;69: 38–67. Disponible en: https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/jrs035
Enderle A. Dwarfism and gigantism in historical picture postcards. J R Soc Med. 1998;91(5):273-8.
Hazer DB, I??k S, Berker D, Güler S, Gürlek A, Yücel T, et al. Treatment of acromegaly by endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: surgical experience in 214 cases and cure rates according to current consensus criteria. J Neurosurg. 2013;119(6):1467-77.
Lugo G, Pena L and Cordido F. Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Acromegaly. International Journal of Endocrinology. 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/540398. Disponible en:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296170/pdf/IJE2012-540398.pdf
Mammis A, Eloy JA, Liu JK. Early descriptions of acromegaly and gigantism and their historical evolution as clinical entities Neurosurg Focus. 2010;29(4):E1. doi: 10.3171/2010.7.FOCUS10160.
Museo Nacional de Antropología. Disponible en: https://www.mecd.gob.es/mnantropologia/portada.html
Parker M. Organizing the Circus: The Engineering of Miracles. Organization Studies.2011; 32(4) 555–569.
Sanchez Gómez,LA: Anatomías míticas: el caso de Agustín Luengo Capilla, “El Gigante Extremeño” Revista Historia Autónoma, 10 (2017), pp. 87-104. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15366/rha2017.10.005.
Sanchez Laspana S. 1913, una gran pérdida. Pirineo digital. 2014. Disponible en: http://www.pirineodigital.com/20170405-fermin-arrudi-gigante-sallent-1913.php
Vila MA. La parada de los monstruos/ Freaks (1932): dismorfismos, solidaridad y venganza Rev Med Cine 4 (2008): 58-65.
Vivas E, Pintor E, Herreros B, Del Real A, Valenti E, y Mur C. El hombre elefante. Revista Hambre. 2016, número VI. Disponible en: http://revistaliterariauem.es/el-hombre-elefante/
Pintor Holguín, E., Herreros Ruiz Valdepeñas, B., Gargantilla Madera, P., & Vivas Rojo, E. (2018). Handia (2017). Life of an acromegalic in XIX century. Journal of Medicine and Movies, 14(4), 267–272. Retrieved from https://revistas.usal.es/cinco/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/19574
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