Adam Rayner - unique in the history of a man who was a dwarf and a giant

Adam Rainer was born in the Austrian city of Graz in 1899. His parents were quite normal growth - 172 cm and 165 cm father's mother. He had a brother, even as tall as their common father. But Adam was very special.

Because Adam tried to enlist in the army when he was 18 years old, it is known that at this age, his height was 138 cm. In 19 years, at the second attempt, an increase was recorded 143 cm. Both times he was denied because considered too small and weak for a soldier. Moreover, it could be considered a dwarf, including the growth of adult male usually does not exceed 147 cm.

Despite the small increase, Adam had a disproportionately large feet - he wore shoes 43rd size. When he was 21, his height remained the same, but the foot has grown even more - now it's size was 53.

Although the feet of Rainer continued to grow, he added, is not high. And then a strange thing happened: for some unknown reason, 26 years old Adam began to grow again. During the period from 26 to 32 years of its growth increased from 143 to 218 cm. It should be noted that the former dwarf would be even higher if, in 26 years it has not developed a strong curvature of the spine, which only progressed with age. Later, Rainer was hard to eat, and the second half of his life he was confined to bed. Over time, he became blind in his right eye and the left began to see much worse, I began to lose hearing and gradually completely deaf in his left ear.

After a medical examination it turned out that Adam had a tumor on the pituitary gland, not only because of the sharp and rapid growth spurt at the age when people tend to grow longer, and partial blindness. The tumor was the cause of the disease known as acromegaly, in which the pituitary gland produces excessive amounts of growth hormone in adulthood. Loss of vision was associated with compression of the optic nerves, which appeared due to a tumor.

In 1930, doctors removed a tumor, but Adam still continued to grow, albeit slowly. The spine is curved in this more and more, and so it went on for the last 19 years of his life. During this period, its growth has increased to 234 cm. Adam Rainer died in 1950 at the age of 51 years. Unusual for his illness makes him unique in the history of man, which can be formally considered at the same time a giant and a dwarf.

via factroom.ru