Mabingu a Njovu Akuvumbula Chinsinsi
Ali ndi zaka ziwiri zokha, amayi a Joseph Merrick anaona kuti mbali zina za khungu lake zinayamba kusintha. Zina zamdima, zopanda khungu zowonekera khungu zinali zikuwonekera, ndipo zinayamba kuoneka zovuta ndi zovuta. Mphukira zinayamba kukulira pansi pa khungu la mnyamata-pamutu pake, pachifuwa chake, ndi kumbuyo kwa mutu wake. Mary Jane Merrick anayamba kudandaula za mwana wake, Joseph, ndi anyamata enawo anayamba kumunyoza.
Pamene Yosefe adakula, anayamba kuyang'ana zachilendo kwambiri. Mbali yoyenera ya mutu wake inayamba kukula, monganso dzanja lake lamanja ndi dzanja lake. Pamene anali ndi zaka 12, dzanja la Yosefe linali lopunduka kwambiri ndipo linakhala lopanda phindu. Kukula kwa khungu lake tsopano kunali kwakukulu komanso kochititsa manyazi kuti anthu ambiri ayang'ane.
Momwe Joseph Merrick Anakhalira 'Njovu Yamunthu'
Pazaka zotsatira ndikupita kwa amayi ake, Joseph adachoka panyumba, amayesa kugwira ntchito ku fakitale koma adagwiritsidwa ntchito nkhanza ndi ogwira ntchito kumeneko, ndipo potsirizira pake adatsirizidwa muwonetsero. Panthawiyi nkhope yake inasokonezedwa ndi mutu wa mutu wake, ndipo mnofu wa mphuno yake inakula, nayenso, kutsogolera mtsogoleri wawonetsero kuti awononge Joseph "Njovu."
Kufufuza Kolakwika
Anthu ambiri amadziwa nkhani yonse kuchokera mu filimu ya 1980, "The Elephant Man," yokhudza John Hurt: momwe, poyamba, adokotala, ena kuphatikizapo mafumu, anabwera kudzamuwona munthu wanzeru, womvetsa chisoni pambuyo pa zovuta zowopsya.
Anthu asunthidwa ndi uthenga wadziko lonse wolekerera kusiyana komwe kumapezeka m'nkhani ya Joseph Merrick. Koma zomwe anthu ambiri sakudziwa ndizimene zinatenga zaka 100 kuti madokotala adziwe bwino momwe akudwala.
Panthaŵiyo Joseph Carey Merrick anakhala ndi moyo (1862-1890), akuluakulu a boma adanena kuti akudwala elephantiasis.
Izi ndi matenda a ma lymphatic system omwe amachititsa ziwalo zina za thupi kuti ziphuphuke kukula kwake. Mu 1976, dokotala anati Merrick anali ndi matenda a neurofibromatosis , matenda osadziwika omwe amachititsa kuti tumimba zikhale pa dongosolo la mitsempha. Zithunzi za Merrick, komabe, sizisonyeza mabala a bulauni omwe ali ndi matendawa. Komanso, kutaya magazi kwake sikunachoke m'mimba koma chifukwa cha fupa ndi khungu. Tsoka ilo, ngakhale lero anthu (molakwika) amawatcha "neurofibromatosis" "Nthenda Yamunthu ya Njovu."
Pakafika chaka cha 1996 kuti yankho la zotsatira za Merrick linapezeka. Amita Sharma, wa National Institutes of Health (US), anafufuza ma x-rays ndi CT scans a Merrick's skeleton (omwe amakhala ku Royal London Hospital kuyambira imfa yake). Dr Sharma adatsimikiza kuti Merrick anali ndi Proteus syndrome, matenda osadziwika kwambiri, omwe amadziwika okha mu 1979.
Proteus Syndrome
Wotchedwa mulungu wa Chigriki yemwe angasinthe mawonekedwe ake, matendawa omwe sakhala nawo mwachisawawa amadziwika ndi:
- zilonda zam'mimba zam'mimba (lipolymphohemangiomas)
- kupitirira kwa mbali imodzi ya thupi (hemihypertrophy)
- mutu waukulu kwambiri (macrocephaly)
- magawo a gigantism a mapazi, ndi mawanga owada kapena madontho ( nevi ) pa khungu.
Maonekedwe a Merrick, makamaka mafupa ake, amanyamula zizindikiro zonse za matenda, ngakhale kuti zikuoneka kuti ndizoopsa kwambiri. Mutu wake unali waukulu kwambiri moti chipewa chimene anali kuvala chinali choyendera mamita atatu.
Momwe Nkhani Yatha
Choposa chirichonse, Joseph Merrick ankafuna kukhala ngati anthu ena. Kawirikawiri ankalakalaka kuti agone pansi akugona, koma chifukwa cha kukula kwake ndi kulemera kwa mutu wake adayenera kugona atakhala pansi. Mmawa wina mu 1890 anapezeka atagona pabedi pamsana pake, wakufa. Mutu wake unali waukulu kwambiri ndipo unasokoneza khosi lake ndikum'pweteka. Anali ndi zaka 27.
Chitsime:
Weird Encyclopedia. Joseph Merrick - Mnyamata wa Njovu.