ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE ARTS
Year : 2020 | Volume
: 24 | Issue : 6 | Page : 509--511
Endocrinology and “Humpty-Dumpty”
Om J Lakhani1, Jitendra D Lakhani2
1 Department of Endocrinology, Zydus Hospitals, Ahmedabad, India
2 Department of Medicine, SBKS Medical College, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Correspondence Address:
Om J Lakhani
Department of Endocrinology, Zydus Hospital, Thaltej, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 380 054
India
Nursery rhymes represent the simplest and most innocent form of performance art. 'Humpty-Dumpty' is a popular character of a nursery rhyme. This character denotes a humanized egg. In medicine, the term 'Humpty-Dumpty syndrome' has been used in many specialities. In neurology, “Humpty-Dumpty” syndrome is used to denote prosopagnosia and in rehabilitation medicine and psychiatry it is used to denote failure of a patient to recover from the psychological trauma of a stressful event in childhood. We believe that the character of “Humpty-Dumpty” potentially represents a patient with Cushing syndrome. In this article we have elaborated the scientific reasons for the same.
How to cite this article:
Lakhani OJ, Lakhani JD. Endocrinology and “Humpty-Dumpty”.Indian J Endocr Metab 2020;24:509-511
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How to cite this URL:
Lakhani OJ, Lakhani JD. Endocrinology and “Humpty-Dumpty”. Indian J Endocr Metab [serial online] 2020 [cited 2021 Jan 21 ];24:509-511
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