I have'nt seen a hunchback for ages....Have they all been cured? Or are they all gone?
2006-09-23 22:17:49 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
One of my favorite stories is 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'. It made me cry when I was a kid!
2006-09-23 22:27:40 · update #1
There is a little old woman who lives in my town who has a hunched back. We see her every day, walking to the supermarket pushing a baby carriage, and then an hour later we see her walking home, the baby carriage full of groceries. She is very real, as are the constant snide remarks by people who think her condition has caused her to be hard of hearing.
2006-09-25 08:55:27 · answer #1 · answered by EvilFairies 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, they're still around. But medicine has progressed to a point where scoliosis (the usual condition behind the hunch back) can be treated.
And yes, I saw the Hunchback of Notre Dame once. It is sad.
2006-09-24 11:04:21 · answer #2 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not a different specie. They are also Homo Sapiens. It just that since most hunchback tend to have difficulty finding a mate they tend to not propagate and I don't mean that their sons will be hunchback but since most will not have offsprings to carry the disfigured genes plus better medication, nutrition, and environment condition. It tends to limit the incident of having hunch back.
2006-09-24 05:44:17 · answer #3 · answered by eternalvoid 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"hunchbacks" as you call them are a product of osteoperosis--and is a condition where the spinal cord vertabrae fracture in multiple places casusing the person afflicted with this debilatating disease to appear hunched over. Yes it is still around although it is slowly disappearing.
2006-09-24 23:28:54 · answer #4 · answered by mr_fixit_11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can’t believe that you think that it is acceptable in he 21st century to refer to anyone as a hunchback, it show’s a true ignorancet. There are certain medical conditions that can cause a person to not grow quite as straight as is considered normal. One of which is scoliosis, I have someone very close to me who suffers from that and despite an awful lot of medical treatment, traction, operations, braces etc they are still not perfectly straight. That is something that they have to live with everyday, could you even try to begin to imagine how they would feel coming across a question like yours, it would devastate them. Perhaps it would be an idea to think about how your words/actions could make other people feel in future.
2006-09-24 16:39:09 · answer #5 · answered by ********** 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No I used to work with one
2006-09-24 05:22:12 · answer #6 · answered by philbo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better medical care has probably reduced the numbers of people with spinal distortions, but some are undoubtedly still around.
2006-09-24 05:28:18 · answer #7 · answered by ALAN Q 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The medical term is kyphosis and yes it still exists. If it is present at birth corrective surgery can be done. It can also appear in the elderly if they have osteoporosis.
2006-09-24 20:43:50 · answer #8 · answered by nene 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There is one who lives in Newton Saint Low in somerset and runs a cattery.
2006-09-24 06:36:12 · answer #9 · answered by Rosie F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't seen any in developed countries. Maybe this was caused by some childhood diseases which are now under control in these countries.
2006-09-24 17:53:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋