China's mysterious bone disease

A mysterious bone disease struck parts of China's southwestern Sichuan province in the 1930s, leaving a group of people standing less than a metre tall. This group of elderly people are the last remaining victims of a mysterious bone disease that...

A mysterious bone disease struck parts of China's southwestern Sichuan province in the 1930s, leaving a group of people standing less than a metre tall.

This group of elderly people are the last remaining victims of a mysterious bone disease that struck parts of China's Sichuan province in the 1930s.

Standing less than a metre tall, the cause of the illness that they all contracted as children is still unknown.

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