The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-28 00:00:00

REMARKABLE CASE OF ENORMOUS.

OBESITY.

The following is an abstract of the history of a
case of enormous obesity, which affords some cu-
rious and interesting physiological facts, and may
serve to warn folks of the danger of excessive eat-
ing :—Krocker (of Berlin)—for that was the fel-
low's name—did not, like Bright, Ahrens, Clays
and other truly great personages, signalize himself
much in his youth, but was content to eat and drink
the same quantity of food as his neighbours. About
the age of thirty he began to give way to, a disposi-
tion to devour immense masses of meat, and the
more he ate, the more his appetite increased, until his
time was consumed in little else than eating and
sleeping. His occupation was that of a butcher,
and animal food was his favOurite repast, contrary
to the usual habits of such people. Krocker, how-
ever, would devour from eight to ten pounds of tripe
at a meal, or from six to seven pounds of beef and
sausages. He continued in this way to stuff him-
. self, gradually becoming fatter, until it required six-
teen pounds of beef daily to satisfy his hunger For
a bet lie has frequently devoured the boiled flesh of
an entire calf- in a day, seasoned only with salt, iii
the presence of many persons ; and on one occasion
he declared himself ready to attack a second, but
could get nobody to bet against him. He could not
trust himself in the sausage manufactory, as be
would eat the minced meat by the pound, spreading
it over bread with as little ceremony as the people
By way of breakfast, or supper, he
n two to three dozen of the petti'
pigs;stwopoeruesaloddfdtreeaal
n e
fe;and it appears, at last, to have puzzled
his friends to know how to supply him. His usual
drink was beer, of which he daily drank from two,
until he was at last oblige°
and his power of loco:
he continued to feed
nvvtig in bulk, his breathing
lat,y
nhtboei threetosiome nlifn,dgqa graduallyiul
dailyayr dt si
nhoiliirnnsehctridhnei igaffiss:i
to confine himself to his large chair and his bed
Every now and then he was in great danger of of'
focation ; and it was on one of those occasions that
Graefe, who has related the case in one of the recent
numbers of his journal, was called to him.
He found the -man stretched out upon a bad, coin'
plaining of a very difficult respiration, to such nig
extent, as to express his fear of being- absolute!),
choaked. His lips were of a dull violet colour, hi'
eyes appearing to start from his head, the conjunc•
tival limng being of a bright red colour; the entire
countenance was of a dark crimson; and the pulse
was tremulous, irregular, and frequently intermit-
tent. He complained also of great palpitation of the
heart : although from the immense projection of the
abdomen, and the huge pendulous breasts, it was
impossible to bring the hand upon the part of the
chest covering it. He could only speak at intervals '
and that with great difficulty. The abdomen pre
truded so as to cover the upper half of the thighs'
and on several parts of its immensely distended surs'
face were round reddish spots, of about the fourth
of an inch in diameter, hard and painful to the touch'
somewhat resembling small lipoma or fatty tumours'
Although the chamber in which he lay was kept
very clean, and his linen feequently changed, the
odour exhaled was exceedingly offensive, and re:
sembled much the smell of a dissecting room, 01'
butcher's shop, on the evening of a hot (101'
Krocker was five feet four inches high.; the circle'
ference of his abdomen was five feet five inches ; theof
circumference of his thigh- two feet four inches ;
the calf of his leg one foot seven inches; his breasts
measured one foot eight inches in circumference 11.
their bases, and were eight inches long,being almost eii",
pendulous as those of the Hottentot worn en. His weigo
at the time he was put under Graefe's care, 11
about 4001bs. But, immense as this weight It
appear, other instances are on record of those 'friss' I
have exceeded it. The fat man of Leeuwarden, Wl'
was exhibited before the medical faculty of Lerd,erl;
and taken about from place to place in Holland 10
boat as a show, weighed 593 pounds ; the wool
whose history is given by Gunz, weighed
_ pounds, Ahrens 400, and our countryman, Edec°'--
,---ssssasessv-vm-seve-resers-ssecsasse..l.4usaa_ssaransol—
weighed 616 pounds.
This patient, Krocker, was rescued from his
mediate danger by copious and frequent bleedings, hi
large doses of calomel, and the substitution of ft °,
ing for his enormous stuffing. Purgative mediciati
were frequently given, a strictly vegetable diet,
vegetable acids were ordered ; and, in about fon,
weeks, he was reduced to about 316 pounds. In tll
space of four months, during the half of which tilP",
he took large doses of iodine, with occasional Rare
tives, the iodine being found very much to aceelet,
absorption, he was reduced to about 267 pont' j
and enjoyed good health, was 'active, cheerful, °l;je
able to resume his former-business. At the time tio,
history of the case was concluded (August id,
1826), he was reduced to 200,ponnds his he'
being good, and his appetite moderate.—lsasseet.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

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INSOLVENTS APPLYINI
Petitions to be heard at Portug
JULY 2,
Bartlett, M., Newman-street
Bowler, T., Tying
Bracegirdle, J., Stepney
Cleminson, J., Salford
Hamilton, C., Great Preseot-

street -
Hodder, IL, Yeovil
Hunt, J., York-street
Leslie, J. Duke-street
Madder, T., Field-plane,
Lock's
fields
Johnson, Ft., Ratcliffe
-highway
Jones, A., New Cut

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COUNTRY.---At the Court-1
Teti

.11°44e* at Bristol, JulY at
)'clOck.
in3all, T., Cooksholme farm.
Stourton .;
Jarritt,
C•, Bath Cler-
Jermao, T., Sutton-street,
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Andrews, T.,
STt..,Pshti.lippanhildiphcanodb,
Jacob
BeJnnett„ J., St. Philip aid
acob
Brain, R., Bitton
Bevan, G., Bristol
Clarke, W., Westbury-upon.
Trym
Collings, J., Bristol
Crisp, C., St. James
Davis, S., Nottingham
Davis, J., Bedminster
Evans' W" nrilitthurgh
fEDizmaaever;irisiey:;;3TJ:ll3B. Ed:r Philip and

Rochester, .J.,
Leonard, G., Bell-hill
Manning. J., Clifton'
Martin, J. St. Philip and Jaco
Morgan T., Bristol
Morris, 'E., Cardiff
Osenham, J., St. Philip 3'la
Jacob
Phillips, S., Ross
Bath
Stone, G., Bedminster
Waite, J., Bristol
Webster, F., Bath
Williams, T., Bristol
Woodman, J., Wootton.unde('
Edge

Jaco
Bristol
Hooafield,
Bristol
Same day, tt C
Barlow, J., Stockport
Barrett, T., Edgley
Bowden, J., Stodkport
Cross, T., Nantwich
Dale, J., Kinderton
Dodd, —, Tattenhall
Duke, T., Chester
Hall, J., Nantwich
Hoskenhul, J., Nantwich
Jones, J., Stockport
Jones, E., Chester
Lewis, E., Macclesfield

'heater, at Ten.
Lloyd, —, Chester
Mayhew, T. Macclesfield
Orme, R., Chester
Peacock, Ek, Manchester
IRoylance, E, Stotip•rt
Shaw, J., Congleton
Sidbottom, S. Mottram in Long

dendale
Whittell, C., Chester
Williams, 1., Runcorn
Woolley, E., Sutton

• BIRTHS. . .
On the 26th inst., . at Lyneham, • the seat of
,John
teel, Esq., in Devonshire, Lady Elizabeth Bilked, °I. -
son and heir.
On the 26th inst.rin Sloane-street, the lady of the:Re"'
Henry Clissold, of a son.

MARRIED.
At St. George's, the Rev. W. Green, of Iver,. Buc{
to Eleanor, youngest daughter of Wm. Harbing, &CI" -
Eaton-street.

DIED. h 0
In Queen-square, Westminster, in the 74th year of
age, John Dorington, Esq., Clerk of the Fees Of 01'
House of Commons.
On the 26th inst., in Scotland-yard, George R,ichsst,
youngest son of Mr. Robert Dalgleish.
On the 25th inst., at Oxford, Henry, elde8"11
Henry Perkins, Esq, --25%

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