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  1. May 8, 2019 · The U.S. National Library of Medicine. When Joseph Merrick died at age 27, his body didn’t go into the ground in one piece. Instead, the bones of the so-called “Elephant Man” were bleached ...

  2. Oct 31, 2022 · Despite being a devout Christian, Merrick never got a proper burial; instead, his skeleton was separated from his soft tissues and mounted for medical students to examine.

  3. May 5, 2019 · PA. Joseph Merrick surprised doctors with his intelligence and sensitive nature. The unmarked grave of Joseph Merrick - who is better known as the Elephant Man - has been traced after...

  4. Mar 16, 2024 · According to the BBC, Merricks skeleton was preserved at the Royal London Hospital as a scientific specimen. However, Merricks soft tissue was buried elsewhere. Nobody really knew exactly where these remains lay until 2019.

  5. Aug 29, 2013 · Ironically, it is the medical preservation of Merrick's skeleton that is now causing the greatest problems in unlocking his body's secrets. "The skeleton, which is well over a hundred years...

  6. Aug 29, 2013 · As BBC News reports, a team at King's College London plans to carefully extract DNA from Merrick's skeleton in order to sequence his genome. From there, they hope to figure out which genetic...

  7. May 22, 2014 · 22 May 2014. Queen Mary University of London. Four views of Joseph Merrick's skeleton stored at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. The founder of a tribute website for Leicester's...

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