Leonard Trask, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Leonard Trask

American medical curiosity

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1805

Date of Death: 13-Apr-1861

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Leonard Trask

  • Leonard Trask (June 30, 1805 – April 13, 1861) was an American who suffered from a "contortion of neck and spine" during his late 20s after an accident while horse riding, which led to Trask becoming a medical curiosity.
  • After numerous attempts at a cure, several further accidents resulting from his condition, and a loss of employment and mobility, Trask (by then earning small amounts of money as a curiosity) published an account of his condition which further increased his renown.
  • His condition remained unsolved upon his death, but he was subsequently diagnosed post mortem with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).

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