Put Dede's Health First

There is no need to prevent foreign doctors from treating the "Tree Man." The question of access to samples can be negotiated among organizations.

December 4, 2007

REMEMBER the David Lynch film called The Elephant Man? The movie was based on the life of Joseph "John" Merrick, a 19th century British man with extreme physical deformities. His face and part of his head resembled an elephant. Merrick always wore a cloth over his face to "hide" from curious onlookers.

Merrick worked as an "actor" in a freak show owned by Bytes. One day, Dr Frederick Treves met Merrick. Treves gave Bytes money to take Merrick to hospita

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