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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Too many prostitutes and too much absinthe
Young Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec loved horses, and when he was 13 years old he broke his right leg in a riding accident. A year later he broke his left. Unable to heal properly, his legs stopped growing. Today we think that Henri had a genetic bone disorder, possibly pycnodysostosis, but in the late 1800s he was the dwarf son of a shattered family, the tragic result of aristocratic inbreeding. read more










