Figure 2. Harpocrates. Late-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 BCE, Faience
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. 44.4.29.
Photos by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Closer examination of the figure reveals that he is depicted with the crouch gait or
“knock-kneed” stance commonly seen in cerebral palsy.
Michael Morgan Dowling, MD, PhD, MSCS, FAHA, FAAN
Greetings, pediatric stroke community! Our community is so international and diverse in space and specialty, that we wanted to create a forum to enhance the community that has brought together so many talented people from all over the world.
