Hunches on hunchbacks

Abstract

The hunchback has long been a symbol of revilement in art and literature. This write up tries to find the cause of the deformity into two iconic hunchbacks in literature, Manthara and Quasimodo.

Keywords

• Chondroepithelial dysplasia
• cleidocranial dysplasia
• dowager′s hump
• Manthara
• osteoporosis
• Schuerman′s disease
• The Hunchback of Notre dame
• Valmiki
• Victor Hugo