Monthly Archives: May 2017

“The American Giant”

In this article I provide an estimation on how much the standing height of the “American Giant” is affected by his abnormal spinal curvature (kyphoscoliosis). I argue that this is a question yet to be answered since previous estimations (Hinsdale, 1898; MacFarland, 1939) were based on methods associated with a high degree of uncertainty. By comparing the actual height of the spine with […]