All That Is Positive:Harvard's Dr. on Wyeth's 's World

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Medicine meets Art by Gretchen Glick*

Wyeth's famous painting of " 's World " crawling in the grass,

suggests that Olsen had Charcot Marie Tooth disease, according to

Harvard Rheumatologist Dr. R. . Wyeth's studio was upstairs in the Olsen

family home and he often looked out to see Olsen crawling through the

grass. At age 3, she began to experience difficulty walking and although never

diagnosed, she had a kind of progressive neuromuscular disorder and lost the

ability to walk in her fifties.

Dr. was strongly impacted by this image while in middle school and

comments " Further investigations only enriched my appreciation of the subject

and the challenges she dealt with. I also felt that her story had something to

teach physicians " .

Dr. only sees patients with CMT when the diagnosis is obscure and

symptoms are more conducive to be a form of arthritis. He continues " Of course,

's diagnosis was never made during her lifetime. I am not aware of any

other works of art that depict an individual with CMT and my article, which

really was a labor of love, is the only attempt to make a diagnosis " .

Wyeth's painting of " 's World " is on exhibition at the Museum of

Modern Art in New York City.

See the painting http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78455

Who was ?

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1394098/who_was_the_christina_of_andrew\

_wyeths.html?cat=4

See the painting and more info here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'s_World

About Wyeth

http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=6464

Dr. Henry of the UK writes about " 's World "

http://www.ott.zynet.co.uk/polio/lincolnshire/library/drhenry/christinasworld.ht\

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* This article may not be used without the permission of the author.

[Guest guest]

Very intriguing, Gretchen, thanks for a much different aspect of CMT and one

that deserves greater recognition.

BB

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> Medicine meets Art by Gretchen Glick*

>

> Wyeth's famous painting of " 's World " crawling in the grass,

suggests that Olsen had Charcot Marie Tooth disease, according to

Harvard Rheumatologist Dr. R. . Wyeth's studio was upstairs in the Olsen

family home and he often looked out to see Olsen crawling through the

grass. At age 3, she began to experience difficulty walking and although never

diagnosed, she had a kind of progressive neuromuscular disorder and lost the

ability to walk in her fifties.

>

> Dr. was strongly impacted by this image while in middle school and

comments " Further investigations only enriched my appreciation of the subject

and the challenges she dealt with. I also felt that her story had something to

teach physicians " .

>

> Dr. only sees patients with CMT when the diagnosis is obscure and

symptoms are more conducive to be a form of arthritis. He continues " Of course,

's diagnosis was never made during her lifetime. I am not aware of any

other works of art that depict an individual with CMT and my article, which

really was a labor of love, is the only attempt to make a diagnosis " .

>

> Wyeth's painting of " 's World " is on exhibition at the Museum

of Modern Art in New York City.

>

> See the painting http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78455

>

> Who was ?

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1394098/who_was_the_christina_of_andrew\

_wyeths.html?cat=4

>

> See the painting and more info here

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'s_World

>

> About Wyeth

> http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=6464

>

> Dr. Henry of the UK writes about " 's World "

>

http://www.ott.zynet.co.uk/polio/lincolnshire/library/drhenry/christinasworld.ht\

ml

>

> * This article may not be used without the permission of the author.

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