The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-22

only and then only through
his column.
Therefore | find the account Of
David Willoughby Of his studies
of probably the latest woman
who ever lived of particular inter-
est and value.
There are few records Of men
who came near to 1000 pounds.
David Mcguire. Of Kenosha, Wis
consin. weighed 500 pounds, and
the famous Miles Darden. of
North Carolina, weighed over
1000 pounds, but he died in 1857
when not so much was known
about the science Of endocrinol-
ogy and metabolism and no care
full study was ever conducted Of
his daily life.
Mrs. Gertrude Harms, of Shreve-
port, Iowa. weighed 7ij pounds at
the age of % in 1886, and Rose
Nance was reported to weigh 1856
poUrdj a. the axe Of % in 1885.
Mr.. Willoughby's subject weighed
772i pounds just before her death
in 1889. Perhaps not more than
five people who ever lived sur
passed her in weight.
Index of Height and Weight
There is an index of height TO
weight that is theoretically 100.
When person is lis (for
male), or Ill (female), they are
considered pathologically over
weight. This subject was 5 feet
Big inches high, so her index was
PAL, which means her girth, etc,
was 2.4l greater than that of a
medlum-sized average woman.
When she was 10 years old she
tipped the scales at 300 pounds.
She was said to weigh l6 pounds
at birth, which is enormous. At
one year she weighed so pounds,
which is double the weight Of the
average child of that year. Her
mother was professional fat lady
who weighed 720 pounds Though
she was over 6 feet tall, and her
father weighed go pounds.
Her daily life was necessarily
entirely different from that of an
average persons. She naturally
did not get around much because
she had TO carry nearly half ton
Of weight everywhere she went.
When she walked she had to stop
every little while and rest, and she
climbed upstairs once or twice .
Jay, but it was quite an effort.
She ate about one and a half
times as much as an ordinary per-
son. | do not know whether this
Is an accurate statement or not,
since apparently her food intake
was never weighed. The general
theory about abnormally heavy
people is that they have a dis
turbance of balance between fat
absorption and fat storage.
This is generally assigned to an
imbalance in the secretions of the
ductless glands. But there is an
other school which holds that all
overweight is simply a combina-
ton of overeating and lack of ex-
erclse.
The problems Of daily life OF
such person were constant. When
1t came to buying clothes she was
really up against it - her glove
size was 8, and she wore Sia ZEE
shoes, and a girdle or corset for =
waist of &c inches is simply i'm
possible to find ready made. The
only advantage Of such a condition
was that she made a good living
in a circus.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Mrs. J. Shy husband, while
serving in the Navy in Panama,
had bad case of malaria. Ever
since then he has attacks Of that
malaria feeling" and his COM
pleXion takes on a grayish tinge
and he has cold sores on mis- lips.
Docs malaria cause anemia!
Should quinine be taken over a Pc
Rod Of years? Does a person ever
get over malaria?
Answer: Malaria parasites de-
vclOp inside red blood cells and at
the time of maturation burst the
red cell and destroy it, SO natur-
ally there is always some anemia
with malaria. Malaria is an ex-
tremely difficult disease TO eradi-
cate completely and occurrences
may come on many years after
everything has been quiet. Change
OF climate is likely to cause a re-
eurrence. / remember an ex-
Rough Rider who acquired ma
laria in Cuba, Is years after the
Spanish-American war, landing
at a New England seaside resort
Just as a cold squall hit: he sat
down and had the finest malarial
chill you could ever wish to see.
Quinine and also atabrine should
be used in repeated courses at
least once a year on the chronic
cases
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