Einstein, possible plagio?

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

Sorry if this has already been mentioned on the boards (I must have

missed it if it has), but I was just reading an article on Albert

Einstein in Discover Magazine (Sept '04 issue) and in it, it says:

" The possiblities that would be expressed by Albert Einstein began

to manifest on March 14th, 1879, in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany, when

the swollen, misshapen head of their newborn son alarmed Hermann

Einstein, a feather-bed salesman, and his wife, ine. The

attending physician assured the worried parents that time would

rectify the problem, and it did, though the back of Albert's head

remained oddly angular for the rest of his life. "

If he did in fact have plagio, he is proof that the brain takes the

path of least resistance and functions just fine in any shape :-).

Got a kick out of their doctor's reassuring words that " time would

rectify the problem " ........... 125 years later, and doctors are

still none the wiser. Hmmmmm.

, mom to Makenna LLUMC helmet grad '03

[Guest guest]

,

I found this post of yours very interesting indeed!

I wonder what sort of headshape he actually had? After I read your

post, I tried to google and see if there was any more specific info,

but found none, unfortunately. Is there any other mention of it in

the article besides this paragraph? I do find it telling that his

headshape remained angular in the back for the rest of his life!

Along those lines, I have wondered about the ancient civilizations

that engaged in head molding of infants to get a more prized

headshape - I've never read about any of those babies reverting back

to a usual rounded shape as they grew older.

It's so hard to find info on plagiocephaly from the past - there

must be other interesting mentioning of plagio out there, but it's

buried under other descriptions and terminology. I find this

information fascinating - if you come across any more, please post!

Christie (Mom to Repo'd Remy)

--- In Plagiocephaly , " " <saiken2003@y...>

wrote:

> Hi All,

> Sorry if this has already been mentioned on the boards (I must

have

> missed it if it has), but I was just reading an article on Albert

> Einstein in Discover Magazine (Sept '04 issue) and in it, it says:

>

> " The possiblities that would be expressed by Albert Einstein began

> to manifest on March 14th, 1879, in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany,

when

> the swollen, misshapen head of their newborn son alarmed Hermann

> Einstein, a feather-bed salesman, and his wife, ine. The

> attending physician assured the worried parents that time would

> rectify the problem, and it did, though the back of Albert's head

> remained oddly angular for the rest of his life. "

>

> If he did in fact have plagio, he is proof that the brain takes

the

> path of least resistance and functions just fine in any shape :-).

>

> Got a kick out of their doctor's reassuring words that " time would

> rectify the problem " ........... 125 years later, and doctors are

> still none the wiser. Hmmmmm.

>

> , mom to Makenna LLUMC helmet grad '03

[Guest guest]

Hi Christie,

That is the only mention of his plagio in the article (the entire

magazine infact, since the whole issue was about him). I did find it

interesting though, that the author even bothered to mention it.

There's got to be more info out there....

I am going to be doing some further research and I'll post anything

that I can find.

, Makenna's mama

> > Hi All,

> > Sorry if this has already been mentioned on the boards (I must

> have

> > missed it if it has), but I was just reading an article on Albert

> > Einstein in Discover Magazine (Sept '04 issue) and in it, it

says:

> >

> > " The possiblities that would be expressed by Albert Einstein

began

> > to manifest on March 14th, 1879, in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany,

> when

> > the swollen, misshapen head of their newborn son alarmed Hermann

> > Einstein, a feather-bed salesman, and his wife, ine. The

> > attending physician assured the worried parents that time would

> > rectify the problem, and it did, though the back of Albert's head

> > remained oddly angular for the rest of his life. "

> >

> > If he did in fact have plagio, he is proof that the brain takes

> the

> > path of least resistance and functions just fine in any shape :-).

> >

> > Got a kick out of their doctor's reassuring words that " time

would

> > rectify the problem " ........... 125 years later, and doctors are

> > still none the wiser. Hmmmmm.

> >

> > , mom to Makenna LLUMC helmet grad '03