Hecht F
Genetics Center of Genetrix, Inc. Scottsdale, Arizona.
Clin Genet. 1990 Apr;37(4):279-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1990.tb04190.x.
The past perception of achondroplasia is reflected in art, beginning about 2000 B.C. Achondroplasia is thought to have provided a model for the representation of a series of figures including the Egyptian god Bes, the Greek teller of fables Aesop, and the Renaissance giant of fiction Morgante. Since these figures were basically viewed as good, the hypothesis is advanced that achondroplasia was perceived as a positive, not a negative, condition during at least part of the past four millenia.
从公元前约2000年开始，艺术作品中就反映出了过去对软骨发育不全的认知。软骨发育不全被认为为一系列人物形象的塑造提供了蓝本，这些人物包括埃及神祇贝斯、希腊寓言家伊索以及文艺复兴时期虚构作品中的巨人莫尔甘特。由于这些人物基本上被视为正面形象，因此有人提出假说，即在过去至少四千年的部分时间里，软骨发育不全被视为一种积极而非消极的状况。
