The
journal reporting this case quotes the Medical Record as saying
that there was a man in North Carolina, who was born in 1798, who
was 7 feet 8 inches tall and weighed over 1000 pounds, probably
the largest man that ever lived. Hutchison says that he Saw in
the Infirmary at Kensington, under Porter's care, a remarkable
example of obesity. The woman was only just able to walk about
and presented a close resemblance to Daniel Lambert. Obesity
forced her to leave her occupation. The accumulation of fat on
the abdomen, back, and thighs was enormous.
According to a recent number of La Liberte, a young woman of
Pennsylvania, although only sixteen years old, weighs 450 pounds.
Her waist measures 61 inches in circumference and her neck 22
inches. The same paper says that on one of the quays of Paris may
be seen a wine-shop keeper with whom this Pennsylvania girl could
not compare. It is said that this curiosity of the Notre-Dame
quarter uses three large chairs while sitting behind her
specially constructed bar. There is another Paris report of a man
living in Switzerland who weighs more than 40 stone (560 pounds)
and eats five times as much as an ordinary person. When traveling
he finds the greatest difficulty in entering an ordinary railway
carriage, and as a rule contents himself in the luggage van.
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