https://padlet.com/daveboynton_db/mz02a21swozx King Richard III wasn't the hunchback we were led to believe by Shakespeare, but the sufferer of Scoliosis. en-us 2016-07-06 09:11:49 UTC 2016-07-06 10:59:09 UTC hello@padlet.com daveboynton_db https://padlet.com/daveboynton_db/mz02a21swozx/wish/115992153 Richard Plantagenet was born on 2 October 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire, the youngest son of Richard, Duke of York, and his wife, the former Cecily Neville.]]> 2016-07-06 09:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/daveboynton_db/mz02a21swozx/wish/115992153 daveboynton_db https://padlet.com/daveboynton_db/mz02a21swozx/wish/115993658 2016-07-06 09:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/daveboynton_db/mz02a21swozx/wish/115993658 daveboynton_db https://padlet.com/daveboynton_db/mz02a21swozx/wish/115993925 According to source material on the Livescience website it was said that Shakespeare named him a hunchback, however, with modern technology Appleby and her colleagues were able to create a 3D model of King Richard III's spiraling spine which shows the extent of the disability which is now known as "adolescent idiopathic scoliosis."]]> 2016-07-06 09:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/daveboynton_db/mz02a21swozx/wish/115993925 daveboynton_db https://padlet.com/daveboynton_db/mz02a21swozx/wish/115994252 We are able to see how badly his spine was twisted.]]> 2016-07-06 10:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/daveboynton_db/mz02a21swozx/wish/115994252