Amathoni Omuntu Wendlovu Aveza Imfihlakalo
Lapho eneminyaka emibili ubudala, unina kaJoseph Merrick wabona ukuthi ezinye izindawo zesikhumba sakhe zaqala ukushintsha. Eminye imibala yesikhumba ebumnyama, ebalahlekile yayibonakala, futhi yaqala ukubheka ibuhlungu futhi ibuhlungu. Iziqu zaqala ukukhula ngaphansi kwesikhumba somfana-entanyeni yakhe, esifubeni sakhe nasemuva kwekhanda lakhe. UMary Jane Merrick waqala ukukhathazeka ngendodana yakhe, uJoseph, nabanye abafana baqale ukumhlekisa ngaye.
Njengoba uJosefa esekhulile, waqala ukubheka okungaqondakali nakakhulu. Uhlangothi olufanele lwekhanda lakhe lwaqala ukukhula, njengoba kwenza isandla sakhe sokunene nesandla. Ngesikhathi eseneminyaka engu-12 ubudala, isandla sikaJosefa sasinokukhubazeka kangangokuba saba yize. Ukukhula esikhumbeni sakhe manje kwakumkhulu futhi kuhlambalaza kubantu abaningi ukuba babuke.
Indlela uJoseph Merrick yaba ngayo 'Indoda Indlovu'
Eminyakeni eyalandela nangokwedlula umama wakhe, uJoseph washiya ikhaya, wazama ukusebenza efektri kodwa wahlukunyezwa yizisebenzi lapho, futhi ekugcineni waphela embukisweni omkhulu. Ngaleso sikhathi ubuso bakhe bebuhlanekezwe yi-half of the head of his head, futhi inyama eyayizungezile ikhala yayikhule, futhi, ihola umgqugquzeli wezokubonisa ukuthi u-Joseph "Indoda Indlovu."
Ukutholwa Okungalungile
Iningi labantu liyazi lonke indaba kusukela kumabhayisikobho ka-1980, "Indoda Indlovu," ebhekene noJohn Hurt: kanjani, ekuqaleni, udokotela, abanye kubandakanya nemindeni, beza ukubona umuntu ohlakaniphile, ozwelayo ngemuva kokulimazeka okukhulu.
Abantu bashukunywe umlayezo wendawo yonke wokubekezelela ukungafani okutholakala endabeni kaJoseph Merrick. Kodwa lokho abantu abaningi abangazi ukuthi kuthatha iminyaka eyi-100 odokotela ukuthi baqonde kahle isimo sakhe sezokwelapha.
Ngaleso sikhathi uJoseph Carey Merrick wayehlala (1862-1890), iziphathimandla eziholelekile zathi wahlupheka nge-elephantiasis.
Lesi yisifo se-lymphatic system esibangela izingxenye zomzimba ukuba zivule ubukhulu obukhulu. Ngo-1976, udokotela wachaza ukuthi uMerrick uhlushwa yi- neurofibromatosis , isifo esingavamile esibangela ukuba izicubu zikhule esimisweni sezinzwa. Izithombe zikaMerrick, noma kunjalo, azibonisi izici zesikhumba ezinsundu zesifo. Kanti futhi, ukuchithwa kwakhe akuveli emathunjini kodwa kuvela emathanjeni nasesikhumba. Ngeshwa, ngisho namhlanjesi abantu namanje (ngokungafanele) babiza i-neurofibromatosis "isifo se-Elephant Man."
Kwaze kwafika ngo-1996 ukuthi impendulo yalokho okwenzekile kuMerrick yatholwa. I-radiologist, u-Amita Sharma, weNational Institutes of Health (US), wahlola ama-x-rays kanye no- CT ama-skeleton ka-Merrick (agcinwe e-Royal London Hospital kusukela ekufeni kwakhe). UDkt. Sharma wanquma ukuthi uMerrick wayeneProteus syndrome, isifo esiyinqaba kakhulu, ngokwayo kuphela eboniswa ngo-1979.
I-Proteus Syndrome
Ebizwa ngokuthi unkulunkulu wamaGrisi ongashintsha isimo sakhe, lesi sifo esingavamile sokuzalwa esizwe sibonakala ngokuthi:
- izilonda eziningi ze-lymph nodes (lipolymphohemangiomas)
- ukunqwabelana kolunye uhlangothi lomzimba (hemihypertrophy)
- ikhanda elingavamile (macrocephaly)
- i-gigantism yezinyawo, namabala amnyama noma ama-moles ( nevi ) esikhumbeni.
Ukubukeka kukaMerrick, ikakhulukazi amasosha akhe, kuthwala zonke izici ze-disorder, nakuba kubonakala sengathi kuyinkinga enkulu kakhulu. Inhloko yakhe yayinkulu kakhulu kangangokuba isigqoko ayegqoke sasilinganisa izinyawo ezintathu.
Yeka ukuthi indaba iphelile kanjani
Ngaphezu kwanoma yini, uJoseph Merrick wayefuna ukufana nabanye abantu. Wayevame ukufisa ukuba alale phansi ngenkathi elele, kodwa ngenxa yobukhulu nesisindo sekhanda lakhe kwadingeka alale ehlezi. Ngolunye usuku ekuseni ngo-1890 watholakala elele embhedeni emhlane, efile. Isisindo esikhulu sekhanda lakhe sehlile entanyeni yakhe futhi sachoboza i-windpipe yakhe, yamhlupha. Wayeneminyaka engu-27 ubudala.
Umthombo:
I-Weird Encyclopedia. UJoseph Merrick - Indoda Indlovu.