Skin Disease:Harlequin-type Ichthyosis.

sweetgemini · #1 08-08-2008, 12:45 PM

Hey peeps...
I was doing research on materials or topics to use for my Informative Speech presentation,and what I found really surprised me. Not sure whether you guys have seen these b4 or not,but the graphics below are slightly disturbing and to those faint-hearted ones,you are advised to look away now.REALLY, you SHOULD look away!
This is actually a skin disorder called Harlequin-type ichthyosis where the skin contains massive, diamond-shaped scales with the eyes, ears, mouth, and other appendages abnormally contracted.

I first saw the video on youtube and the video was accompanied with prayer songs as the background audio. This disease was first described in the diary of Rev. Oliver Hart:

Quote:
"On Thursday, April 5th, 1750, I went to see a most deplorable object of a child, born the night before of one Mary Evans in 'Chas'town. It was surprising to all who beheld it, and I scarcely know how to describe it. The skin was dry and hard and seemed to be cracked in many places, somewhat resembling the scales of a fish. The mouth was large and round and open. It had no external nose, but two holes where the nose should have been. The eyes appeared to be lumps of coagulated blood, turned out, about the bigness of a plum, ghastly to behold. It had no external ears, but holes where the ears should be. The hands and feet appeared to be swollen, were cramped up and felt quite hard. The back part of the head was much open. It made a strange kind of noise, very low, which I cannot describe. It lived about forty-eight hours and was alive when I saw it."

Now,if i were to use this among my other points,it should be quite an interesting presentation...

sweetgemini · #2 08-08-2008, 02:03 PM

We are so lucky to be born the way we are now... People should be satisfied with their appearance and think of the not-so-fortunate few the next time they want to complain about how big their nose is,or how small their eyes are :D

icyng · #3 09-08-2008, 11:18 PM

Good one..It'll be a great presentation, since I don't think many people know about it..The pictures are seriously disturbing..But it's still okay to me..I saw some more disturbing..Anyway, good luck in your presentation, girl!

sweetgemini · #4 09-08-2008, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by icyng

Good one..It'll be a great presentation, since I don't think many people know about it..The pictures are seriously disturbing..But it's still okay to me..I saw some more disturbing..Anyway, good luck in your presentation, girl!

Thanks a bunch...Miss you la! I can't even remember the last time i saw your post here in the forum! Felt really honoured that u have the time to type in a few words for me

This is actually the last assignment for my semester. So i wanna make it a real good one. N this skin disorder is just one of the few topics that I chose

HannahG · #5 17-08-2008, 10:37 PM

so how did the presentation go?
it's media students your presenting to rite?
no one threw up ???haha

sweetgemini · #6 17-08-2008, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by HannahG

so how did the presentation go?
it's media students your presenting to rite?
no one threw up ???haha

Lol they all refused to look at the picture handouts i gave out

My Human Comm lecturer and tutor liked it though

She said she can't tell from my speech and body movements that i'm nervous at all

Even asked me how long it took for me to do all these researchs

Hopefully she gave me high marks

Thanks for asking,Aunty Gan