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The Surprising Irish Giant of St. James’s Street by Thomas Rowlandson. The acromegalic giant Patrick Cotter (1760–1806)

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de Herder, W.W. The Surprising Irish Giant of St. James’s Street by Thomas Rowlandson. The acromegalic giant Patrick Cotter (1760–1806). J Endocrinol Invest 45, 2021–2022 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-021-01726-x

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