He was 3 feet 4 inches high, 4 feet 5 inches in circumference, and weighed 220 pounds.

He had prominent eyebrows, black eyes, and his complexion resembled that of a fat cook in the heat.
Borellus details a description of a giant child.

There is quoted from Boston a the report of a boy of fifteen months weighing 92 pounds who died at Coney Island.

He was said to have been of phenomenal size from infancy and was exhibited in several museums during his life.
Desbois of Paris mentions an extraordinary instance of rapid growth in a boy of eleven who grew 6 inches in fifteen days.
Large and Small New-born Infants .-- There are many accounts of new-born infants who were characterized by their diminutive size.

On page 66 we have mentioned Usher's instance of twins born at the one hundred and thirty-ninth day weighing each less than 11 ounces; Barker's case of a female child at the one hundred and fifty-eighth day weighing 1 pound; Newinton's case of twins at the fifth month, one weighing 1 pound and the other 1 pound 3 1/2 ounces; and on page 67 is an account of Eikam's five-months' child, weighing 8 ounces.