Written description of Edward Bright, a man weighing forty three and a half stone.

Description of Mr Bright No 184 ...

The lettering continues: "Mr Bright was born at Maldon in Essex. At the age of 12 years he weighed 144 lbs; he encreased on an average about 2 stone an year; his weight when he died was about 6 hundred & 16 lbs; he was about 5 feet-9 inches high; his body round the chest measured 5 feet-6 in. & round the belly 6 feet-11 in.; the middle of his arm was about 2 feet-2 in. & his leg 2 feet-8 in. He died in 1750 in the 30th year of his age."

Wellcome Collection 188i