'Tiny Tim' Disability Blamed On Tuberculosis, Rickets In Study Of Dickens ... - Huffington Post

[**'Tiny Tim' **Disability** Blamed On Tuberculosis, Rickets In Study Of Dickens **...****][1]
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Plucky, ailing Tiny Tim is one of the most enduring characters to come out of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol." But Dickens never explains why Tiny Tim wears leg braces and uses a crutch, nor does he make clear what will kill the young **...**

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