Thomas Hasler

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Thomas Hasler (* 1851 near Gmund am Tegernsee ; † 1876 ) was known as the giant from Tegernsee .

Hasler developed normally, both physically and mentally, until a horse's hoofbeat hit him in the face when he was nine years old. From that moment on, he is said to have shown abnormal body growth, which led to him being excluded from school at the age of eleven because he no longer fit into the school desk at his height of 1.52 m. Later he was no longer tolerated playing skittles, among other things, because his enormous strength regularly led to the destruction of the skittles. After his skull had deformed more and more, Thomas Hasler, shy of people, withdrew to the floor of the barn on his parents' farm. He died at a young age with a height of 2.35 m and a weight of 155 kilograms.

After his death, the "greatest Bavarian of all time" was autopsied and his skeleton was prepared and exhibited for a long time in the German Medical History Museum in Ingolstadt . Hasler's remains have repeatedly been the subject of medical examinations. While one can almost certainly assume that he was deaf on the right side due to bone adhesions and restricted in his vision and blind on the left side, as well as a restricted or no longer present sense of smell, a narrowing of the tear duct and painful osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joints, it has so far been controversial, which processes led to his gigantic stature and the deformation of his skull. A tumor of the pituitary gland , which could have showered the organism with growth hormones, as well as fibrous dysplasia are discussed ; Whether both can be traced back to an already existing genetic defect or the result of an injury by the horse's hoof is controversial.

literature

  • Herbert Ullrich: skull fates of historical personalities . Publishing house Dr. Friedrich-Pfeil, Munich, ISBN 3-89937-055-4
  • Bodo Kuklinski: On the practical relevance of nitrosative stress . environment-medicine-society 2/2005

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