“The Elephant Man,” while Lynch’s most restrained, traditional work, still bears his stamp. The movie begins with Treves ...

Growing up in England with neurofibromatosis type 1, a rare genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on his face, Pearson ...

27-year-old Brian Richards suffers from the same disorder as Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man – an individual with horrific disfigurements who rose to become a celebrity in Victorian times.