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Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet, GCVO, CH, CB (1853-1923) was a dominant British surgeon of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, best known for his camaraderie with Joseph Merrick, 'the Elephant Man'. The Elephant Man is Treves' own firsthand account of how he achieved and befriended Joseph Merrick (whom he mistakenly calls John Merrick), a young man with very severe physical deformities, who was simply being exhibited as a sideshow freak, as half man, half elephant. Treves initially asked Merrick to his rooms in the London Medical center in order to examine him, and ensure Merrick's admittance he gave him his card. Two years later, when Merrick showed up back London, empty by his freak-show handler and chased by the mob, he demonstrated the police who rescued him Treves' card. Through this fortuitous chance, Merrick came up to reside at the London Medical center under the care and attention and guardianship of Treves. The two men developed a great camaraderie, and Treves was astonished to learn that Merrick was not only an extremely wise man but also a hopeless charming.
