The phrase "a shrink man" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to refer to a man who is a therapist or psychologist, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "I went to see a shrink man for advice on my mental health."
Alternatives: "a therapist" or "a psychologist".
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So the self-advertisement was that of a rapidly shrinking man frantically measuring his remaining height.
The drugs are on the market to shrink men's prostates, and once a drug is on the market doctors can prescribe it at their discretion.
Mr. Matheson's 1956 novel "The Shrinking Man," a frightening fantasy about a man whose simultaneous exposure to insecticide and radioactivity causes him to dwindle gradually in size, was adapted twice for the movies — once as a horror story, "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957), and once as a comedy starring Lily Tomlin, "The Incredible Shrinking Woman" (1981).
He is also the author of What Dreams May Come, Duel (the basis for Steven Spielberg's first feature film), A Stir of Echoes, The Shrinking Man, the scripts for some of the best Twilight Zone episodes to ever scare the crap out of you when you were little, the great short story that that dumb new movie The Box is based on, and more, more, more.
What happened was "The Shrinking Man," his 1956 novel about a man who fights for survival against household spiders and cats after he is miniaturized by a radioactive cloud.
Quitting with a psychiatrist's help "turned me into the incredible shrinking man," he said.
He is the credible shrinking man.
Career: Author of 8 short-story collections and 14 novels, including "The Shrinking Man," filmed as "The Incredible Shrinking Man," for which he also wrote the screenplay; writer of many critically acclaimed episodes for the original "Twilight Zone" television series.
It notes of Richard Matheson's The Shrinking Man that "luckily for us, Matheson... is more interested in Scott Carey's heart and mind than in his incredible catabolism".
