TERATOLOGY - DYSMORPHOLOGY

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY, VISUAL LITERACY, CLINICAL SENSE, and SENSITIVITY


MISSING LIMBS - BIRTH OF TERATOLOGY - DEMISE OF EUTHANASIA
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04:20 min)


Highlights in brief - a story hard to believe ... thalidomide, a newly introduced drug was teratogenic ...  Heroes of this story: Josef Warkany,  W. Lenz, Alison Lapper, Frances O. Kelsey and Sherri Chessen. 
Note: The term LIMB points to LIMBUS and LIMBIC to denote edge or limits. Supplemental videos and images are also accessible: https://ceo.medword.net/?s=phocomelia