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Would growth attenuation therapy have saved Robert Wadlow?
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nezrock lemmy.dbzer0.com nezrock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-08-08
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I just learned, while in a Wikipedia rabbit hole, about the Ashley Treatment, part of which involves pre-emptive closing of growth plates.

He was killed by, if memory serves, a foot infection, being unable to properly fight it as a direct result of his height. So, you can see where I'm going with this.

And yes, I know it wasn't invented until like 40 years after he was born.

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