Imogene Winchester in LIFE Magazine

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Posted By: Paul - Sun May 19, 2019
Category: Art | Body | Human Marvels | Children | 1930s

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I have a hard time just getting bent over to touch my toes.

Posted by KDP on 05/19/19 at 10:40 AM

She almost certainly had Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. In which case, unless she was very lucky, she probably developed osteoarthritis at an early age.

Posted by FRANK on 05/20/19 at 10:14 AM

I’m sore just looking at those pictures.

Posted by Brian on 05/23/19 at 10:06 PM

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