Height: 6ft .3in . weight: 40 Stone.
Thk "British Medical Journal" gives the following interesting particulars of the height, weight, and dimensions of Thomas Longley, of Dover, who is said to be the heaviest- British subject in the world. Mr Longley, who is a respectable and intelligent publican, is forty years of age, being born (of parents nofc above the normal size) in 1348. As a baby, he was not considered large. His present weight is 40 stone, height 6ffc. §in., measuromont of the waist 80in., size of the leg 25in. He finds considerable difficulty in walking, and does not trust himself in a caiTiage for fear of breaking the springs. He is said to be very temperate both in eating and drinking, and has never suffered from any ill-healtn of a serious nature.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 226, 29 October 1887, Page 6
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133Height: 6ft.3in. weight: 40 Stone. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 226, 29 October 1887, Page 6
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