REMARKABLE GROWTH.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19765, 21 December 1935, Page 13

REMARKABLE GROWTH.

MAN’S FEET TWO FEET LONG. GLAND’S MYSTERIOUS ACTIVITY. A, man In Sydney, about 60 years of age, has been tin a second stage of growth for years; the size of his head, feet, jaws and hands is Increasing, but his height has not be6n affected. This is all due to the over-activity of the pituitary gland, which Is close to the brain. It controls growth. The man had led an active business life until suddenly he became affected. Ilis head increased in size to such an extent that at the time ho went into hospital he was wearing a size 11 hat. Hands Hke a Spade. His hands were as wide as a small garden spade, his feet were 2 feet long, and Ills jaws were enormous, so much so that all his teeth had become separated during the developing process. lie lias spent considerable money In his purchases for outsizes in gloves, hats and bools, all of which have had to be made. “I am under tho Impression that this case is outstanding in the world,” said a Sydney specialist. “I have never known of a man being so much affected through the over-working of the gland so distinctively In four parts of the body as tills man is. “We see giants, but usually they are uniform in development. A great deni lias been written in medical journals about the case, but so far there has been no solution of tho myslerioius cause of Ilic gland's aellvily."