THE BEANSTALK
WOMAN SEVEN FEET HIGH A strange case is being studied in the hospital of ivlausenburg, in Rumania. One of the patients, twentynine years old, Susan Fekete, has reached the height of nearly seven feet, and is still growing. The doctors believe that an operation will have to be performed, as her unnatural growth may result in death. She was brought to hospital suffering from appendicitis. At birth she was of abnormal size, and sho developed rapidly. She has seven brothers and sisters, all of normal size.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7294, 2 August 1930, Page 11
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88THE BEANSTALK Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7294, 2 August 1930, Page 11
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