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〃Take heed； O good traveler！ and do not tread hard； For here lies Dr。 Stafford； in all this churchyard。〃
Wadd has gathered some instances； a few of which will be cited。 At Staunton； January 2； 1816； there died Samuel Sugars； Gent。； who weighed with a single wood coffin 50 stone （700 pounds）。 Jacob Powell died in 1764； weighing 660 pounds。 It took 16 men to carry him to his grave。 Mr。 Baker of Worcester； supposed to be larger than Bright； was interred in a coffin that was larger than an ordinary hearse。 In 1797 there was buried Philip Hayes； a professor of music； who was as heavy as Bright （616 pounds）。
Mr。 Spooner； an eminent farmer of Warwickshire； who died in 1775； aged fifty…seven； weighed 569 pounds and measured over 4 feet across the shoulders。 The two brothers Stoneclift of Halifax； Yorkshire； together weighed 980 pounds。
Keysler in his travels speaks of a corpulent Englishman who in passing through Savoy had to use 12 chairmen； he says that the man weighed 550 pounds。 It is recorded on the tombstone of James Parsons； a fat man of Teddington； who died March 7； 1743； that he had often eaten a whole shoulder of mutton and a peck of hasty pudding。 Keysler mentions a young Englishman living in Lincoln who was accustomed to eat 18 pounds of meat daily。 He died in 1724 at the age of twenty…eight； weighing 530 pounds。 In 1815 there died in Trenaw； in Cornwall； a person known as 〃Giant Chillcot。〃 He measured at the breast 6 feet 9 inches and weighed 460 pounds。 One of his stockings held 6 gallons of wheat。 In 1822 there was reported to be a Cambridge student who could not go out in the daytime without exciting astonishment。 The fat of his legs overhung his shoes like the fat in the legs of Lambert and Bright。 Dr。 Short mentions a lady who died of corpulency in her twenty…fifth year weighing over 50 stone （700 pounds）。 Catesby speaks of a man who weighed 500 pounds； and Coe mentions another who weighed 584 pounds。 Fabricius and Godart speak of obesity so excessive as to cause death。 There is a case reported from the French of a person who weighed 800 pounds。 Smetius speaks of George Fredericus； an office…holder in Brandenburgh； who weighed 427 pounds。
Dupuytren gives the history of Marie Francoise…Clay； who attained such celebrity for her obesity。 She was born in poverty； reached puberty at thirteen； and married at twenty…five； at which age she was already the stoutest woman of her neighborhood notwithstanding her infirmity。 She followed her husband； who was an old…clothes dealer； afoot from town to town。 She bore six children； in whom nothing extraordinary was noticed。 The last one was born when she was thirty…five years old。 Neither the births； her travels； nor her poverty； which sometimes forced her to beg at church doors； arrested the progress of the obesity。 At the age of forty she was 5 feet 1 inch high and one inch greater about the waist。 Her head was small and her neck was entirely obliterated。 Her breasts were over a yard in circumference and hung as low as the umbilicus。 Her arms were elevated and kept from her body by the fat in her axillae。 Her belly was enormous and was augmented by six pregnancies。 Her thighs and haunches were in proportion to her general contour。 At forty she ceased to menstruate and soon became afflicted with organic heart diseases
Fournier quotes an instance of a woman in Paris who at twenty…four； the time of her death； weighed 486 pounds。 Not being able to mount any conveyance or carriage in the city； she walked from place to place； finding difficulty not in progression； but in keeping her equilibrium。 Roger Byrne； who lived in Rosenalis； Queen's County； Ireland； died of excessive fatness at the age of fifty…four； weighing 52 stone。 Percy and Laurent speak of a young German of twenty who weighed 450 pounds。 At birth he weighed 13 pounds； at six months 42； and at four years 150 pounds。 He was 5 feet 5 inches tall and the same in circumference。 William Campbell； the landlord of the Duke of Wellington in Newcastle…on…Tyne； was 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 728 pounds。 He measured 96 inches around the shoulders； 85 inches around the waist； and 35 inches around the calf。 He was born at Glasgow in 1856； and was not quite twenty…two when last measured。 To illustrate the rate of augmentation； he weighed 4 stone at nine months and at ten years 18 stone。 He was one of a family of seven children。 His appetite was not more than the average； and he was moderate as regards the use of liquors； but a great smoker Notwithstanding his corpulency； he was intelligent and affable。
Miss Conley； a member of an American traveling circus； who weighed 479 pounds； was smothered in bed by rolling over on her face； she was unable to turn on her back without assistance。
There was a girl who died at Plaisance near Paris in 1890 who weighed 470 pounds or more。 In 1889 an impresario undertook to exhibit her； but eight men could not move her from her room； and as she could not pass through the door the idea was abandoned。
There was a colored woman who died near Baltimore who weighed 850 pounds； exceeding the great Daniel Lambert by 120 pounds。 The journal reporting this case quotes the Medical Record as saying that there was a man in North Carolina； who was born in 1798； who was 7 feet 8 inches tall and weighed over 1000 pounds； probably the largest man that ever lived。 Hutchison says that he Saw in the Infirmary at Kensington； under Porter's care； a remarkable example of obesity。 The woman was only just able to walk about and presented a close resemblance to Daniel Lambert。 Obesity forced her to leave her occupation。 The accumulation of fat on the abdomen； back； and thighs was enormous。
According to a recent number of La Liberte； a young woman of Pennsylvania； although only sixteen years old； weighs 450 pounds。 Her waist measures 61 inches in circumference and her neck 22 inches。 The same paper says that on one of the quays of Paris may be seen a wine…shop keeper with whom this Pennsylvania girl could not compare。 It is said that this curiosity of the Notre…Dame quarter uses three large chairs while sitting behind her specially constructed bar。 There is another Paris report of a man living in Switzerland who weighs more than 40 stone （560 pounds） and eats five times as much as an ordinary person。 When traveling he finds the greatest difficulty in entering an ordinary railway carriage； and as a rule contents himself in the luggage van。 Figure 171 represents an extremely fat woman with a well…developed beard。 To end this list of obese individuals； we mention an old gentleman living in San Francisco who； having previously been thin； gained 14 pounds in his seventieth year and 14 pounds each of seven succeeding years。
Simulation of Obesity。General dropsy； elephantiasis； lipomata； myxedema； and various other affections in which there is a hypertrophic change of the connective tissues may be mistaken for general obesity； on the other hand； a fatty； pendulous abdomen may simulate the appearances of pregnancy or even of ovarian cyst。
Dercum of Philadelphia has described a variety of obesity which he has called 〃adiposis dolorosa；〃 in which there is an enormous growth of fat； sometimes limited； som