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3 unusual facts about Tanner scale


James Mourilyan Tanner

James Mourilyan Tanner (1 August 1920 – 11 August 2010) was a British pediatric endocrinologist who was best known for his development of the Tanner scale, which measures the stages of sexual development during puberty.

Tanner scale

The scale has been criticized by the pornography industry for its potential to lead to false child pornography convictions, such as in the case when government experts used it to assert that pornographic actress Lupe Fuentes was underage.

This scale was first identified by James Tanner, a British pediatrician, and thus bears his name.



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