She had an
exceedingly beautiful face and was quite active. She was 4 feet
in height and larger around the breast and waist; her thigh
measured 18 inches and she weighed nearly 200 pounds. In
February, 1814, Mr. S. Pauton was married to the only daughter of
Thomas Allanty of Yorkshire; although she was but thirteen she
was 13 stone weight (182 pounds). At seven years she had weighed
7 stone (98 pounds). Williams mentions several instances of fat
children. The first was a German girl who at birth weighed 13
pounds; at six months, 42 pounds; at four years, 150 pounds; and
at twenty years, 450 pounds. Isaac Butterfield, born near Leeds
in 1781, weighed 100 pounds in 1782 and was 3 feet 13 inches
tall. There was a child named Everitt, exhibited in London in
1780, who at eleven months was 3 feet 9 inches tall and measured
around the loins over 3 feet. William Abernethy at the age of
thirteen weighed 22 stone (308 pounds) and measured 57 inches
around the waist. He was 5 feet 6 inches tall. There was a girl
of ten who was 1.45 meters (4 feet 9 inches) high and weighed 175
pounds. Her manners were infantile and her intellectual
development was much retarded. She spoke with difficulty in a
deep voice; she had a most voracious appetite.
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