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A Dwarf Takes Second Growth

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Day
13
Month
December
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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ar beoíiey tíudaon, t.ie ceJebrutect EngliMi dwarf pl me; sev&nteenth ceiitmy, v í! nbtJoss the ino''t widely knowu iiumau curiosit.YOÍ bi.s timo. He was born uf páYeutí e ue norma] size at Rn.iaiids'uire in 1619. At biriii he weigiü-; less :!;iu a pi.-uud and ;i lialf, and w un oniy 8 ÍDches in iengtb. Hodid I not begíu to wálk nufcil afier tbe eud ol lii.s tliiid ycar, bis haigbt ai tbat tiiue I beinp lesa f han : foót'. Af tile c l:;1 oí' bis í-eveiith year lie'w:, tto íi;o íamily of tho Dttke oí uc - r,r-,, .., having betwet'.u the agesof :j and ? ycarsadded but four inoiieü tu ins stature. With Buckiughani i.c lived asir:) SO yi ars oíd, at which time be wás -.;i!y 18 incbea iu heigbt when eqnipped in fashioaable hih heeled .shcies-. At tbe age of 30, however, a remarkable change citme over the midget, aud ítir the uext íive years bis growth was as remarkable for its rapidity as it had previonsly been íor its backwardness. At the age of 30 bis height had been scant % f eet. At 35 it was 3 f eet and 9 inches 1 How or why this remarkable cbange was brought abont was a questiou too deep for the Society of Royal Surgeons, who, time and again, dificussed the pheuomenon without arrivig at any satisfactory conclusions. Hudwon lived to be 63, which is tíiree times the average length of life among aiants.-

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News