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    Calvin Edson

    Birth: 1788

    Death: 1831

    Birth Date Prefix: c.

    Death Date Prefix: c.

Biography

An unbelievably thin man suffering from tabes mesenterica (tape worm). His body was dedicated to science and preserved.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 25, 1833

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Biography: 
An unbelievably thin man suffering from tabes mesenterica (tape worm). His body was dedicated to science and preserved.
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http://www.hoxsie.org/2014/01/the-living-skeleton.html
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Citation Notes: 
http://www.hoxsie.org/2014/01/the-living-skeleton.html
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http://books.google.com/books?id=Jq8RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=the+spectator+calvin+edson&source=bl&ots=vxKf7Sqn9k&sig=-xFoyiA0JPgCJSbXuvEqNqEecJM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JfehU47DINasyATl4IHwAg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22calvin%20edson%22&f=false