We Do Not Torture People - IV
Originally uploaded by xylonets.
This is so amazing, I find a great photoset everyday.
But man, I promised myself to cut down on blogging photos (makes the webpage take longer to load) but what the hell, this one's worth it.
Starlight Meadows, Neverland, Amerika
by Xylonets
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>> The surgery that Vincent undergoes to increase his height in the movie Gattaca. It's named after the Russian doctor who invented it 40 years ago to treat dwarfism. This painful operation adds length by allowing new bone to grow in the gap left by gradually seperating ends of the broken bone. The patient's shinbones are cut in two, a brace is applied and metal pins would pull apart the bones a millimetre each day. Risks include feet permanently turned at odd angles, twisted legs, and weakened bones that break again and again.
>> What I did in June of 2005. I tell people it's either a rock climbing and/or car accident.
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