Date: 2007-06-16 08:11 am (UTC)
Yes, cretinoids have a very specific set of physical features from a non-functioning thyroid gland. Used to be well described in medical books at the turn of the century, as it was commonplace then, before the invention of dessicated thyroid.

http://www.thyroidresearch.com/viewArticle.php?&Category=picturechild&txt_search=&per_page=10&Submit_x=34&Submit_y=11&index=1&ids=2253,2254,2255,2256,2257,2206,2138,2176,2111,2112&articleno=2254

Its very sad, as cretinism still happens in the world, but it is entirely treatable and no one's body should be left to grow like that...
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