Adam Rainer
Adam Rainer (* 1899 - March 4, 1950 ) was an Austrian . He is considered the only person who went from being small to being giant .
Life
As a child of normal parents, Adam Rainer was described as very small, thin and weak until his 21st birthday. In 1917 and 1918 he was therefore refused to join the Joint Army and take part in the First World War. In two samples , heights of 138 cm and 143 cm were measured. From around 1920 on, extreme body growth with acromegaly began. The shoe size was 53. He became almost blind in the right eye and almost deaf in the left ear . At the same time, kyphosis developed .
Two doctors examined him in detail between August 1930 and May 1931. With a height of 216 cm, a pituitary adenoma was found , which was responsible for the enormous growth. Oskar Hirsch removed the adenoma using the approach through the nose that is still common today. When Rainer died at the age of 50 and was cremated , he had reached a height of 233.7 cm. The whereabouts of his ashes are not publicly known.
literature
- Oskar Hirsch: Two Different Types of Gigantism Due to Similar Tumors. Discussion of Growth . In: Confinia Neurologica . tape 21 , no. 4 , 1961, pp. 345-356 , PMID 13907711 .
Web links
- Adam Rainer - 7 feet 8 inches (thetallestman.com) (with picture)
- Adam Rainer in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Oskar Hirsch: Two Different Types of Gigantism Due to Similar Tumors. Discussion of Growth. 1961, p. 348.
- ↑ Oskar Hirsch: Two Different Types of Gigantism Due to Similar Tumors. Discussion of Growth. 1961, p. 349.
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| SURNAME | Rainer, Adam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian record holder, first small - later huge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1899 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4th 1950 |