Comments on: The Man Who Was a Dwarf and a Giant https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-man-who-was-a-dwarf-and-a-giant/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Mon, 24 May 2021 18:40:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 By: Kurt Glassell https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-man-who-was-a-dwarf-and-a-giant/#comment-73795 Mon, 24 May 2021 18:40:52 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=239#comment-73795 It would be nice to have a photo of him as a dwarf, for purposes of dramatization and comparison.
I had a growth spurt when I was about 14. Went from average to very tall but it wasn’t what this poor guy had to endure.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-man-who-was-a-dwarf-and-a-giant/#comment-73711 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 01:21:05 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=239#comment-73711 I have now lost an inch and a half.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-man-who-was-a-dwarf-and-a-giant/#comment-73267 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 01:48:17 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=239#comment-73267 I’m back and still shrinking.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-man-who-was-a-dwarf-and-a-giant/#comment-72719 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:47:34 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=239#comment-72719 I don’t want to grow uncontrollably, but I want to regain the half-inch or inch of height that I have lost due to aging.

]]> By: Barbie Dahl https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-man-who-was-a-dwarf-and-a-giant/#comment-60853 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 03:25:49 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=239#comment-60853 My elementary school principal grew several in he’s in middle age due to a tumor on his pituitary gland.

]]> By: billdwp https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-man-who-was-a-dwarf-and-a-giant/#comment-39935 Tue, 11 Aug 2015 21:28:53 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=239#comment-39935 Well if a small tumor pressing on the pituitary gland can cause accelerated growth, why isn’t that a routine procedure for those that want a little extra height?

]]> By: howa https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-man-who-was-a-dwarf-and-a-giant/#comment-39567 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 16:24:14 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=239#comment-39567 That is awesome!- I had forgotten what this man’s name was.

]]> By: Chris https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-man-who-was-a-dwarf-and-a-giant/#comment-38794 Thu, 17 Apr 2014 18:10:35 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=239#comment-38794 So he was basically a real-life Bean from Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Shadow series.

]]> By: dapo https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-man-who-was-a-dwarf-and-a-giant/#comment-38624 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 06:32:53 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=239#comment-38624 Interesting wonderful. But its abnormal and unfortunate condition.

]]> By: Jonas1st https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-man-who-was-a-dwarf-and-a-giant/#comment-26082 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:45:50 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=239#comment-26082 DamnAwesome, true what you are saying.
But here is something to ponder; this article says that by 32nd birthday he was 2.18 m and and at this deathbed (age 51) was measured 2.34 m. That means he grew after his 32nd birthday by an additional 16 cm! Are you telling me that his growth plates hadn’t closed after all that time?!
Although it is said that you MUST have growth plates to grow. But I do wonder if there are any exceptions to that? I mean, if it’s absolutely so, what would’ve happened if there were definitely no growth plates to Rainer but still had his excessive growth hormone production. What would’ve happened? Would that manifest differently, if it couldn’t have been to put to use to grow?

Alan Bellows, what do you say?

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