Three sisters with achondroplasia

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Three sisters with achondroplasia. St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives & Museum. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Black and white, full length photograph, of three sisters showing the appearances associated with the condition known as achondroplasia. The ages of the three girls are 13, 11, and 7 years respectively. They are the youngest of a family of six, their three elder brothers being grown up and full size. Both father and mother were healthy, and the girls are said to have been normal in appearance at birth and up to the fifth year.

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