Cripple
Hunchback
Hunchback noun - A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
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In The Secret Garden, Archibald is supposedly a cripple and a hunchback, and it's referenced quite a few times, but it can be hard to see his deformity.
Source: Informed Deformity -
Victor fixes the hunchback's deformity so that Igor is no longer a cripple, Victor gives Igor fashionable clothing which is very similar (if a little less ostentatious) to his own, and encourages Igor's scientific talent by having him work as his lab assistant.
Source: Film / Victor Frankenstein -
Evil Cripple: Richard was born prematurely, with a gnarled spine and hunchback which makes him unappealing.
Source: Theatre / Richard III
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