AN ADDENDUM TO "KEN DO"         

At the time I observed the little boy, "Ken Do", I didn't observe him as an oddity.  In the late '50's and early 60's there were thousands of such children throughout the world as a result of their mothers taking the drug thalidomide to counteract morning sicknesss in their pregnancy.  It was prescribed by their obstreticians.   When it was finally realized that thalidomide was the cause of such deformities and plastered in the newspapers world wide we would just notice the child and say or think, "Oh, there goes another thalidomide baby."  Nothing to be done about it except to feel pity and sadness that a child was impaired for the rest of his life.  But from what I read and understand now, the drug is used in the treatment of leprosy.  If you want to read more just get on Google and search for thalidomide.  Wikipedia (sp) has some good references.