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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The Life of That Wonderful and Extraordinarily Heavy Man, Daniel - Lambert - From His Birth to the Moment of His Dissolution; With an Account - of Men Noted for Their Corpulency, and Other Interesting Matter - -Author: Anonymous - -Release Date: February 5, 2022 [eBook #67328] - -Language: English - -Produced by: deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at - https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images - generously made available by The Internet Archive) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LIFE OF THAT WONDERFUL -AND EXTRAORDINARILY HEAVY MAN, DANIEL LAMBERT *** - - - - [Illustration: Drawing of a man sitting in a chair near a side table] - - - - - THE - - LIFE - - OF - - _That Wonderful and Extraordinarily_ - - HEAVY MAN, - - DANIEL LAMBERT, - - FROM - - _HIS BIRTH TO THE MOMENT OF - HIS DISSOLUTION_; - - WITH - - _An Account of Men noted for their Corpulency, and - other interesting matter_. - - [Illustration: Decorative image] - - NEW-YORK: - - PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL WOOD & SONS, - NO. 261, PEARL-STREET; - And Samuel S. Wood & Co. No. 212, Market-street, - Baltimore. - - 1818. - - - - - THE - - LIFE - - OF - - _Daniel Lambert_. - - -Daniel Lambert was born on the 13 of March, 1770, in the Parish of -St. Margaret, at Leicester. From the extraordinary bulk to which he -attained, the reader may be naturally disposed to inquire, whether or -no his parents were persons of remarkable dimensions. This was not the -case; nor were any of his family inclined to corpulence, excepting -an uncle and aunt on the father’s side, who were both very heavy. -The former died during the infancy of Lambert, in the capacity of -gamekeeper to the Earl of Stamford, to whose predecessor his father had -been huntsman in early life. The family of Lambert, senior, consisted -besides Daniel, of another son, who died young, and two daughters, who -are still living, and both women of the common size. - -The habits of the subject of this memoir were not, in any respect, -different from those of other young persons till the age of fourteen. -Even at that early period he was strongly attached to the sports of the -field. This, however, was only the natural effect of a very obvious -cause, aided probably by an innate propensity to those diversions.--We -have already mentioned the profession of his father and uncle, and have -yet to observe, that his maternal grandfather was a great cock-fighter. -Born and bred among horses, dogs, and cocks, and all the other -appendages of sporting, in the pursuits of which he was encouraged -even in his childhood, it cannot be a matter of wonder that he should -be passionately fond of all those exercises and amusements, which are -comprehended under the denomination of field sports. - -Brought up under the eye of his parents till the age of fourteen, young -Lambert was then placed with Benjamin Patrick, in the manufactory of -Taylor & Co. at Birmingham, to learn the business of a die-sinker and -engraver. This establishment, then one of the most flourishing in that -opulent town, was afterwards destroyed in the riots of 1791, by which -the celebrated Dr. Priestly was so considerable a sufferer. - -Owing to the fluctuations to which all those manufactures that -administer to the luxuries of the community are liable, from the -caprices of fashion, the wares connected with the profession which had -been chosen for young Lambert ceased to be in request. Buckles were -all at once proscribed, and a total revolution took place at the same -period in the public taste with respect to buttons; the consequence -was, that a numerous class of artisans were thrown out of employment, -and obliged to seek a subsistence in a different occupation. Among -these was Lambert, who had then served only four years of his -apprenticeship. - -Leaving Birmingham, he returned to Leicester to his father, who held -the situation of keeper of the prison of that town. Soon afterwards, at -the age of nineteen, he began to imagine that he should be a heavy man, -but had not previously any indications that could lead him to suppose -he should attain the excessive corpulence for which he was afterwards -distinguished. He always possessed extraordinary muscular power, and -at the time we are speaking of, could lift great weights, and carry -five hundred pounds with ease. Had his habits been such as to bring -his strength into action, he would doubtless have been an uncommonly -powerful man. - -That he was not deficient in physical strength or courage, is -demonstrated by the following adventure, in which he was about this -period engaged:-- - -Standing one day in his father’s house at Leicester, his attention -was attracted by a company of Savoyards with their dancing bears and -dogs, surrounded by an immense concourse of spectators. While they -were exhibiting, a dog which had formerly been accustomed to travel -with a similar company of these grotesque performers, and now belonged -to the county gaoler, hearing the sound, flew furiously upon a very -large bear whose overbearing force and weight soon crushed him to -the ground. “Give her tooth,” said the Savoyards, irritated at the -interruption of their exhibition, and making preparations to take off -the muzzle of the bear. Lambert, being acquainted with the master of -the dog, and knowing that, in this case, the animal would be exposed -to certain destruction, went out and addressed the people with the -intention of pacifying them, and prevailing upon them to suffer the dog -to be taken away. Deaf to all his remonstrances, one of the Savoyards -still persisting in pulling off the muzzle, the dog being all this -time underneath, and in the grasp of the bear. Enraged at the fellow’s -obstinacy, he protested he would kill the bear if it lay in his power, -and snatching from the man’s hand the paddle or pole with which they -manage these animals, at the moment when the muzzle was removed, he -struck the bear with all his force, fully intending to despatch her -if possible. Bruin was for a moment completely stunned with the blow, -and the dog seized that opportunity of disengaging himself from her -clutches. Enraged at this fresh attack, she turned towards her new -antagonist, who kept repeating his strokes, but without being able -to hit her head, which she protected from his blows with all the -dexterity of the most accomplished pugilist. During these successive -attacks, the dog, faithful to his friend who had so opportunely -stepped to his aid, continued to exhibit the most astonishing proofs -of undaunted intrepidity, till he was at length caught up by one of -the by-standers. The weather was frosty, and the pavement was slightly -glazed from the trundling of a mop. Here, while thus busily engaged -in belabouring his formidable foe, Lambert fell, but arose again with -the utmost agility. Bruin was now close to him; he had a full view of -her tremendous teeth, and felt the heat from her breath. The danger -became pressing, and as his shaggy foe was too near to admit of his -using the weapon, he struck her with his left hand such a violent blow -on the skull, as brought her to the ground; on which she declined the -contest, and “yelling fled.” During the fray, a smaller bear had been -standing upright against a wall, with a cocked hat on his head; in -consequence of the retreat of his companion, this ludicrous figure -now appeared full in front of the victorious champion, who brandished -in his hand the up-lifted pole. The beast, as if aware of his danger, -and expecting to be attacked in his turn, instantly took off his hat, -and apparently in token of submission, tumbled heels over head at -the feet of the conqueror. Meanwhile the populace, terrified at the -approach of _ursa major_ began to retire in a backward direction, -still keeping the unsuccessful combatant in view, till they tumbled -one after another over some loads of coal that happened to lie in the -way. The scene now became truly ludicrous: forty people were down -at a time; and as though each person thought himself already in the -gripe of the irritated animal, vociferated Murder! with all their -might. The Savoyards who were after all, the greatest sufferers by this -tragicomic representation, applied to the mayor, and demanded redress. -The magistrate inquired where the fray happened, and was informed that -it took place in Blue-Boar-Lane, in the parish of St. Nicholas--the -inhabitants of which have for many years been distinguished by the -appellation of Nick’s Ruffs. “Oh!” said he, “the people of that parish -do just as they please; they are out of my jurisdiction;” and gravely -dismissed the disappointed complainants. It was two years before this -company of itinerant performers again ventured to make their appearance -in Blue-Boar-Lane. On this occasion, one who happened to be rather -before the rest, perceiving Lambert sitting at his door, gave notice to -the others, who, dreading a repetition of the treatment they had before -experienced, instantly retreated by the way they had come. - -It was not very long after the above adventure, that Lambert -experienced an escape from a danger much more alarming, and from the -consequence of which no human exertions could possibly have preserved -him. He was one of the numerous inhabitants of Leicester, whom the -memorable conflagration at the house of a well known bookseller, now -resident in the metropolis, attracted to the spot. It was dark, the -fire was then raging with the utmost fury, and Lambert passed along -under a wall, which, from the falling of the others to which it had -once been joined, now stood completely detached. When he had reached -the extremity, an acquaintance whom he accidentally found there, -congratulated him on his narrow escape, at the same time pointing to -the wall. Lambert, totally unconscious of the risk to which he had been -exposed, and now standing in a line with the wall, observed with horror -that it rocked to and fro like corn in the breeze, and not many moments -elapsed ere it fell with a tremendous crash. - -His father having resigned the office of keeper of the prison, Daniel -succeeded to the situation. It was within a year after this appointment -that his bulk received the greatest and most rapid increase. This he -attributed to the confinement and sedentary life to which he was now -obliged to submit, which produced an effect so much the more striking, -as, from his attachment to sporting, he had previously been in the -habit of taking a great deal of exercise. Though he never possessed any -extraordinary agility he was still able to kick to the height of seven -feet, standing on one leg. - -About the year 1793, when Lambert weighed 448lbs, he had occasion -to visit Woolwich, in company with the keeper of the county jaol of -Leicester. As the tide did not serve to bring them up again to London, -he walked from Woolwich to the metropolis, with much less apparent -fatigue than several middle sized men who were of the party. - -The inhabitants of Leicester are remarkable for their expertness -in swimming, an art which they are encouraged to practise by their -vicinity to the river Soar. From the age of eight years Lambert was -an excellent swimmer, and such was his celebrity, that about ten years -ago, all the young people in his native town, who were learning to -swim, resorted to him for instruction. His power of floating, owing -to his uncommon bulk, was so great that he could swim with two men of -ordinary size upon his back. He has been heard to relate that, on these -occasions, when any of his young pupils manifested any timidity, he -would convey them to the opposite bank of the river from that on which -they layed their clothes, and there leave them to find their way back -as well as they could. By this means, they soon acquired that courage -which is so indispensably necessary to the attainment of excellence in -the art of swimming. - -Lambert’s father died about five years after his son’s appointment -to be keeper of the prison, which office he held till 1805. In this -situation he manifested a disposition fraught with benevolence; -whatever severity he might be under the necessity of exercising towards -the unhappy objects committed to his care during their confinement, -he never forebore to make the greatest exertions to assist them at the -time of their trials. Few left the prison without testifying their -gratitude, and tears often spoke the sincerity of the feeling they -expressed. His removal from the office, was in consequence of a wish on -the part of the magistrates to employ the prisoners in the manufactory -of the town. As a proof of the approbation which his conduct had -merited, they settled upon him an annuity of 50l. for life, without -any solicitation whatever; and what was still more gratifying to his -feelings, this grant was accompanied with a declaration, that it was a -mark of their esteem, and of the universal satisfaction which he had -given in the discharge of the duties of his office. - -Such were the feelings of Lambert, that no longer than four years -ago, he abhorred the very idea of exhibiting himself. Though he lived -exceedingly retired at Leicester, the fame of his uncommon corpulence -had spread over the adjacent country to such a degree, that he -frequently found himself not a little incommoded by the curiosity -of the people, which it was impossible to repress, and which they -were constantly devising the means of gratifying, in despite of his -reluctance. - -Finding, at length, that he must either submit to be a close prisoner -in his own house, or endure all the inconveniences without receiving -the profits of an exhibition, Lambert wisely strove to overcome his -repugnance, and determined to visit the metropolis for that purpose. As -it was impossible to procure a carriage large enough to admit him, he -had a vehicle constructed expressly to carry him to London, where he -arrived for the twenty-second time, in the spring of 1806, and fixed -his residence in Piccadilly. - -His apartments there had more the air of a place of fashionable resort, -than of an exhibition; and as long as the town continued full, he was -visited by a great deal of the best company. The dread he felt on -coming to London, least he should be exposed to indignity and insult -from the curiosity of some of his visiters, was soon removed by the -politeness and attention which he almost universally experienced. -There was not a gentleman in town from his own country but went to see -him, not merely gazing at him as a spectacle, but treating him in the -most friendly and soothing manner; which, he declared, was too deeply -impressed upon his mind ever to be forgotten. - -The spirit of politeness which always prevailed in the presence of -Lambert, was such as was, perhaps, never observed on a similar occasion. - -Many of his visiters seemed incapable of gratifying their curiosity to -its full extent, and called again and again to behold what an immense -magnitude the human figure is capable of attaining; one man, a banker -in the city, jocosely observed, that he had fairly had a pound’s worth. - -Lambert had the pleasure of receiving persons of almost every -description and nation. He was one day visited by a party of fourteen, -eight women and six men, who expressed their joy at not being too -late, as it was near the time of closing the door for the day. They -assured him they had come from Guernsey, on purpose to convince -themselves of the existence of such a prodigy as he had been described -to be by one of their neighbours who had seen him; adding, that they -had not one single friend or acquaintance in London, so that they had -no other motive whatever for their voyage. A striking illustration of -the power of curiosity over the human mind. - -Great numbers of foreigners were gratified with the contemplation of -a spectacle, unequalled perhaps in any other country. Among these, -a Frenchman, accompanied by a Jew, seemed extremely desirous, from -motives best known to himself, of persuading Lambert to make an -excursion to the continent insinuating that, under his guidance and -management, he could not fail of success. “Vy you no go to France?” -said he, “I am sure Buonaparte vill make your fortune.” Lambert, who -had too much good sense to be the dupe of a designing monsieur, -declined accepting the invitation. - -Among the many visiters of Lambert, the celebrated Polish dwarf, count -Borulawski, was not the least interesting. The count, having made a -fortune by exhibiting his person, has retired to Durham to enjoy the -fruit of his economy. Though now in his seventy-fourth year, he still -possesses all the gracefulness and vivacity by which he was formerly -characterized. Lambert, during his apprenticeship at Birmingham, -went several times to see Borulawski, and such was the strength of -the count’s memory, that he had scarcely fixed his eyes upon him in -Piccadilly before he recollected his face. After reflecting a moment, -he exclaimed that he had seen the same face twenty years ago, in -Birmingham, but it was not surely the same body. This unexpected -meeting of the largest and smallest man, seemed to realize the fabled -history of the inhabitants of Lilliput and Brobdinag, particularly when -Lambert rose for the purpose of affording the diminutive count a full -view of his prodigious dimensions. In the course of conversation, -Lambert asked what quantity of cloth the count required for a coat, -and how many he thought his would make him.--“Not many,” answered -Borulawski. “I take goot large piece cloth myself--almost tree quarters -of a yard.” At this rate, one of Lambert’s sleeves would be abundantly -sufficient for the purpose. The count felt one of Lambert’s legs: “Ah,” -he exclaimed, “pure flesh and blood. I feel de warm. No deception! I -am pleased: for I did hear it was deception.” Lambert asked if his -lady was alive, on which he replied, “No, she is dead, and (putting -his finger significantly to his nose) I am not very sorry, for when I -affronted her, she put me on the mantle-shelf for punishment.” - -The many characters that introduced themselves to Lambert’s observation -in the metropolis, furnished him with a great number of anecdotes, -which a retentive memory enabled him to relate with good effect. - -One day the room being rather crowded with company, a young man in the -front, almost close to Lambert, made incessant use of one of those -indispensable appendages of a modern beau, called a quizzing-glass. The -conversation turned on the changes of the weather, and in what manner -Lambert felt himself affected by them--“What do you dislike most?” -asked the beau. “To be bored with a quizzing-glass,” was the reply. - -A person asking him in a very rude way the cost of one of his coats, -he returned him no answer. The man repeated the question, with the -observation that he thought he had a right to demand any information, -having contributed his shilling, which would help to pay for Lambert’s -coat as well as the rest. “Sir,” rejoined Lambert, “if I knew what part -of my next coat your shilling would pay for, I can assure you I would -cut out the piece.” - -On another occasion a woman was particularly solicitous to have the -same question resolved. “Indeed, madam,” answered Lambert, “I cannot -pretend to charge my memory with the price, but I can put you into a -method of obtaining the information you want. If you think proper to -make me a present of a new coat, you will then know exactly what it -costs.” - -A person who had the appearance of a decent man, one day took the -liberty of asking several impertinent questions. Lambert looked -him sternly in the face, but without making any reply. A woman now -entered the room, and Lambert entered into conversation with her, -on which the same person observed that he was more polite to ladies -than to gentlemen. “I can assure you, Sir,” answered Lambert, “that -I consider it my duty to treat with equal politeness all those whose -behaviour convinces me that they are gentlemen.” “I suppose,” rejoined -the querist, “you mean to infer that I am no gentleman.” “That I -certainly did,” was the reply. Not yet abashed by this reproof, he soon -afterwards ventured to ask another question of a similar nature with -the preceding. Irritated at these repeated violations of decency, which -bespoke a deficiency of good sense as well as good manners, Lambert -fixed his eyes full upon the stranger “You came into this room, Sir, by -the door, but”----“You mean to say,” observed the other, looking at the -window, “that I may possibly make my exit by some other way.” “Begone -this moment,” thundered Lambert, “or I’ll throw you into Piccadilly.” -No second injunction was necessary to rid him of this obnoxious guest. - -After a residence of about five months in the metropolis, where -we believe his success was fully adequate to his most sanguine -expectations, he returned in September, 1806, to his native town. - -From that period to his death, he continued to travel, gratifying the -curiosity of his countrymen; and again visited London in March, 1807. -On Tuesday evening, June 20th, 1809, he arrived, from Huntingdon, -at the house of Mr. Berridge, at the Waggon and Horses Inn, in St. -Martin’s, Stamford, where preparations were made for his receiving -company the next day, and during the then ensuing races; but before 9 -o’clock on the following morning, the 21st, (fatal 21st! Alexandria, -Trafalgar, and Old England still remember thee!) he had paid the debt -of nature, without any previous sickness to indicate the approach of -his dissolution. - -Lambert’s height was five feet eleven inches; three yards four inches -round the body; one yard and one inch round the leg; his weight, a -few days before his death, was found by the Caledonian balance to be -739lbs. His coffin measured 6 feet 4 inches long, 4 feet 4 inches -wide, 2 feet 4 inches deep, and contained 112 superficial feet of elm. -It was built upon two axletrees and four clog wheels, and upon these -his remains were, at about half past eight o’clock on Friday morning, -the 23rd, drawn to the new burial ground, in St. Martin’s, Stamford. -His grave was dug with a gradual sloping for many yards, and upwards -of 20 men were employed for nearly half an hour (after having dragged -the corpse to the mouth of the grave) in getting this enormous mass -of putridity into its “narrow cell.” Notwithstanding the early hour -at which he was buried, a great concourse of people, “youth and hoar -age,” were assembled, numbers of whom had been in expectation of -seeing him alive, in propria persona, but were now obliged to content -themselves with the mere sight of his coffin, which, to a contemplative -mind, would create reflections on the mutability of all sublunary -things. - - “The grave has eloquence, its lectures teach, - In silence, louder than divines can preach.” - -We shall now proceed to state what we have been able to collect -relative to the habits, manners, and propensities of this extraordinary -man. - -It is not improbable that incessant exercise in the open air, in -the early part of his life laid the foundation of an uncommonly -healthy constitution. Lambert scarcely knew what it was to be ailing -or indisposed. His temperance, no doubt, contributed towards this -uninterrupted flow of health. His food differed in no respect from that -of other people; he ate with moderation, and of one dish at a time. He -never drank any other beverage than water; and though at one period -of his life he seldom spent an evening at home, but with convivial -parties, he never could be prevailed on to join his companions in -their libations. One of the qualifications that strongly tend to -promote harmony and conviviality, was possessed in an eminent degree by -Lambert--He had a fine, powerful, and melodious voice. It was a strong -tenor, unlike that of a fat man, light, and unembarrassed, and the -articulation perfectly clear. - -He never felt any pain in his progress towards his extraordinary bulk, -but increased gradually and imperceptibly. Before he was bulky he never -knew what it was to be out of wind. It was evident to all those who -were acquainted with him, that he had no oppression upon his lungs, -from fat or any other cause: and Dr. Heaviside expressed his opinion, -that his life was as good (or comfortable) as that of any other healthy -man. - -Lambert slept less than the generality of mankind, being never more -than eight hours in bed. He never was inclined to drowsiness, either -after dinner or in any other part of the day: and such was the vivacity -of his disposition; that he was always the last person to retire to -rest, which he seldom did before one o’clock. He slept without having -his head raised more than is usual with other men, and always with the -window open. His respiration was so perfectly free and unobstructed, -that he never snored; and what is not a little extraordinary, he could -awake within five minutes of any time he pleased. All the secretions -were carried on in him with the same facility as in any other person. - -We have already adverted to Lambert’s fondness for hunting, coursing, -racing, fishing, and cocking. He was likewise well known in his -neighbourhood as a great otter-hunter. Till within these seven years, -he was extremely active in all the sports of the field, and though he -was prevented by his corpulence from partaking in them, he still bred -cocks, setters, and pointers, which he brought to as great perfection -as any other sporting character of his day, and perhaps greater. At the -time when terriers were the vogue, he possessed no less than thirty of -them at once. The high estimation in which animals of his breeding -were held by sporting amateurs, was fully evinced in the sale of the -dogs which he took with him to London, and which were disposed of at -Tattersal’s, at the following prices;--Peg, a black setter bitch, -41gs: Punch, a setter dog, 26gs; Brush, ditto, 17gs; Bob, ditto, 20gs; -Bounce, ditto, 22gs; Sam, ditto, 26gs; Bell, ditto, 32gs; Charlotte, -a pointer bitch, 26gs; Lucy, ditto, 12gs. Total, 218 guineas.--Mr. -Mellish was the purchaser of the seven setters, and lord Kinnaird of -the two pointers. - -If Lambert had a greater attachment to one kind of sport than another, -it was to racing. He was fond of riding himself before his weight -prevented him from enjoying that exercise; and it was his opinion, -founded on experience, that the more blood, and the better a horse was -bred, the better it carried him. - -During his residence in London, Lambert found himself in no wise -affected by the change of air, unless we ought to attribute to that -cause an occasional, momentary, trifling depression of spirits in a -morning, much as he felt on his recovery from inflammatory attacks, -which are the only kind of indisposition he ever remembered to have -experienced. - -The extraordinary share of health he enjoyed, was not the result -of any unusual exertion on his part, as he has in many instances -accustomed himself to the total neglect of those means by which men in -general endeavour to preserve that inestimable blessing. As a proof of -this, the following fact was related from his own lips:--Before his -increasing size prevented his partaking in the sports of the field, -he never could be prevailed upon, when he returned home at night from -these excursions, to change any part of his clothes, however wet they -might be; and he put them on again next morning, though they were, -perhaps, so thoroughly soaked, as to leave behind them their mark on -the floor: notwithstanding this, he never knew what it was to take -cold. On one of these occasions, he was engaged with a party of young -men in a boat, in drawing a pond: knowing that a principal part of -this diversion always consists in sousing each other as much as -possible, Lambert, before he entered the boat, walked in his clothes -up to his chin into the water. He remained the whole of the day in -this condition, which to any other man must have proved intolerably -irksome. At night, on retiring to bed, he stripped off his shirt and -all, and the next morning, putting on his clothes, wet as they were, -he resumed the diversion with the rest of his companions. Nor was this -all; for, lying down in the bottom of the boat, he took a comfortable -nap for a couple of hours, and though the weather was rather severe, -he experienced no kind of inconvenience from what might be justly -considered as extreme indiscretion. - -It would, perhaps, have been an interesting speculation to have tried -how far a certain regimen might have tended to reduce Lambert’s -excessive bulk, which, however healthy he might have been, could -not but be productive of some inconvenience, besides depriving him -of enjoyments to which he was passionately attached. The annals of -medicine furnish a very remarkable instance of this sort, and though -the person bore no resemblance except in bulk to Lambert, yet the -analogy is sufficiently striking to induce a belief that the adoption -of a similar method would have been attended with similar effects. -The case to which we allude is that of Thomas Wood, a miller, of -Billericay, in Essex, which is related in the second volume of Medical -Transactions, by Sir George Baker. Wood, after passing the preceding -part of his life in eating and drinking without weight or measure, -found himself in the year 1764, and in the 45th year of his age, -overwhelmed with a complication of painful and terrible disorders. -In the catalogue were comprehended frequent sickness of the stomach, -pain in the bowels, headach, and vertigo; he had almost a constant -thirst, a great lowness of spirits, fits of the gravel, violent -rheumatism, and frequent attacks of the gout, also two epileptic fits. -To this copious list of diseases were added, a formidable sense of -suffocation, particularly after meals, and an extreme corpulence of -person. On reading the life of Cornaro, recommended to his perusal -by Powley, a worthy clergyman in his neighborhood, he immediately -formed a resolution to follow the salutary precepts inculcated and -exemplified in that performance. He prudently, however, did not make -a sudden change in his manner of living; but finding the good effects -of his new regimen, after proper gradations both with respect to the -quantity and quality of his meat and drink, he finally left off the -use of all fermented liquors on the 4th of January, 1765, when he -commenced water-drinker. He did not even long indulge himself in this -innocent beverage; for on the 25th of Oct. following, having found -himself easier and better on having accidentally dined that day without -drinking, he finally took his leave of that and every other kind of -drink, and not having tasted a single drop of any liquor whatsoever, -excepting only what he had occasionally taken in the form of medicine, -and two glasses and a half of water drank on the 9th of May, 1766, from -that date till August 22d, 1771, the day on which Sir George Baker -drew up the account. - -With respect to solid nutriment, sometime in the year 1767, was the -last time of his eating any kind of animal food. In its room he -substituted a single dish, of which he made only two meals in the -twenty-four hours; one at four or five in the morning, and the other at -noon. This consisted of pudding, (of which he eat a pound and a half,) -made of three pints of skimmed milk, poured boiling hot on a pound of -sea-biscuit over night, to which two eggs were added next morning, -and the whole boiled in a cloth about an hour. Finding this diet too -nutritious, and having grown fat during the use of it, he threw out the -eggs and milk, and formed a new edition of pudding, consisting only -of a pound of coarse flour and a pint of water, boiled together. He -was at first much delighted with this new receipt, and lived upon it -three months; but finding it not easily digestible, he finally formed a -mess, which ever afterwards constituted the whole of his nourishment, -composed of a pound of the best flour, boiled to a proper stiffness -with a pint and a half of skimmed milk, without any other addition. - -Such was the regimen of diet, as agreeable to his palate as his -former food used to be, by means of which, with a considerable share -of exercise, Wood got rid of the incumbrance of 140 or 150 pounds -of distempered flesh and fat; and, to use his own expression, “was -metamorphosed from a monster to a person of moderate size; from the -condition of an unhealthy decrepid old man to perfect health, and -to the vigor and activity of youth:” his spirits lively, his sleep -undisturbed, and his strength of muscles so far improved that he could -carry a quarter of a ton weight, which he in vain attempted to perform -when he was about the age of thirty, and in perfect health. - -We leave to medical men to decide what would have been the probable -result of a like procedure with respect to Lambert, but for our own -part, we cannot forbear thinking that, with his healthy constitution -and less advanced age, its consequences would have been infinitely more -striking and beneficial. - -In order to show how far Lambert surpasses all other men who have -hitherto been distinguished for bulk and corpulence, we shall subjoin a -brief account of some who have been particularly remarked on this score. - -John Love, in the early part of his life, was placed with one Ryland, -an engraver, on whose death he returned to his relations in the county -of Dorset. At this time he was extremely thin, and at length, became -so meager, that his friends were apprehensive of his falling into a -consumption. By the advice of physicians, he was provided with every -kind of nutritious food, which led him into such habits of ease and -indulgence, that he resigned himself entirely to the pleasures of the -table. Having commenced business as a bookseller, at Weymouth, he -gave full scope to his propensity for good living, and soon grew as -remarkably heavy and corpulent, as he was before light and slender. -His bulk, probably from the extraordinary contrast in his appearance, -excited the astonishment of every spectator, though his weight did -not exceed 364lbs. At length, suffocated by fat, he paid the debt of -nature, in the forty-first year of his age, and was buried at Weymouth, -in October, 1793. - -Palmer, who kept the Golden-Lion Inn, at Brompton, in Kent, was a man -of uncommon corpulence, and during Lambert’s residence in London, he -was induced to visit the metropolis for the purpose of seeing him. -Palmer weighed 350lbs. and though it is said that five ordinary men -might have been buttoned in his waistcoat, he appeared of diminutive -size when placed beside Lambert. He did not survive his journey more -than three weeks; and at his funeral it was found necessary to take out -the windows of the tap-room, to make a passage for the coffin out of -the house, from which it was conveyed to the place of interment in a -wagon, as no hearse could be procured sufficiently capacious to admit -it. - -But the man who approached the nearest to the dimensions of Lambert, -was Edward Bright, a grocer, of Malden, in Essex.--Many of Bright’s -ancestors were remarkably fat; and he himself was so large and lusty -when a boy, that at the age of twelve years and a half, he weighed -144lbs. He increased as he grew up, so that, before he was twenty he -weighed 336lbs. The last time he was weighed, which was about thirteen -months before his death, his weight, deducting that of his clothes, was -584lbs. It was manifest to himself and to every one about him, that he -continued to grow larger after this period, and if we take the same -proportion by which he had increased for many years upon an average, -namely 28 pounds a year, and allow an addition of only four pounds for -the last year, on account of the little exercise he took, while he eat -and drank as before, this will bring him to 616lbs. at the time of his -death; which, in the opinion of many intelligent people who knew him -well, was accounted a very fair and moderate computation. - -Bright was 5 feet 9 inches and a half in height; his body round the -chest, just under the arms, measured 5 feet 6 inches, and round the -belly 6 feet 11 inches. His arm in the middle was 2 feet 2 inches -about, and his leg 2 feet 8 inches. He was always strong and active, -took much exercise from his childhood till the last two or three years -of his life, when he became too unwieldy. He possessed great strength -of muscles, could walk very well and nimbly, and could not only ride on -horseback, but would sometimes gallop, even after he had attained the -weight of between 4 and 5 hundred pounds. He used to go to London, a -distance of forty miles, till the journey proved too fatiguing, and he -relinquished the practice some years before he died. By this time he -had grown to such a size as to excite the notice and wonder of all as -he passed along the streets. In the last year or two, he could walk but -a short distance, being soon tired and out of breath; travelling abroad -but little, and that in a chaise. - -Bright had always a good appetite, and when a youth, was rather -remarkable in that particular. Though he continued to eat heartily and -with a good relish after he grew up, yet he did not take a greater -quantity of food than many other men who are said to have good -stomachs. As to his drink, though he did not take any liquor to an -intoxicating degree, yet, upon the whole, he perhaps drank more than -prudence would have dictated to a man of his excessively corpulent -disposition. When a very young man, he was uncommonly fond of ale and -strong beer, but for many years, his chief liquor was small beer, of -which he usually drank a gallon a day. With respect to other liquors, -he was extremely moderate, when alone, sometimes drinking half a pint -of wine, or a little punch after dinner, and seldom exceeding this -quantity; but when he was in company, he did not confine himself to so -small an allowance. - -For the greater part of his life, Bright enjoyed a very good state of -health. During the last three years, however, he was seized, more than -once, with an inflammation in his leg, attended with a fever, and such -a disposition to mortification, as to make it necessary to scarify the -part. By this expedient, and by the aid of fomentation and bleeding, -he was always soon relieved. Whenever he was bled, he was always -accustomed to have two pounds taken away at a time, and he was not -more sensible of the loss of such a quantity than an ordinary man is of -twelve or fourteen ounces. - -Bright married at the age of twenty-two; he lived in the conjugal state -upwards of seven years, in which time he had five children. An amiable -mind inhabited his overgrown body. He was of a cheerful temper, a kind -husband, a tender father, a good master, a friendly neighbour, and -an honest man; so that it cannot be surprising if he was universally -beloved and respected. - -His last illness, which lasted about a fortnight, was a miliary-fever. -It began with strong inflammatory symptoms, a very troublesome cough, -difficulty of breathing, and the eruption was extremely violent. For -some days, he was thought to be relieved in the other symptoms by the -eruption; but it cannot be matter of wonder that his constitution was -not able to withstand a disease which proves fatal to many who appear -much more fit to grapple with it. He died on the 10th of November, -1750, in the thirtieth year of his age. - -His body began to putrify very soon after death, notwithstanding -the coolness of the weather, and the very next day became extremely -offensive. The coffin was three feet six inches broad at the shoulders, -and upwards of three feet in depth. A way was cut through the wall and -stair-case to let it down into the shop. It was drawn to church on a -low-wheeled carriage, by ten or twelve men, and was let down into the -grave by an engine fixed up in the church for that purpose, amidst a -vast concourse of spectators, not only from the town, but from the -country for several miles round. After his death, a wager was laid, -that five men, twenty-one years of age, could be buttoned in his -waistcoat. It was decided on the 1st of December, 1750, at the Black -Bull, at Malden, when not only five men, as proposed, but seven men -were enclosed in it, without breaking a stitch, or straining a button. - -Instances of a sudden and rapid increase in bulk, not less -extraordinary than that of Lambert, have likewise been observed in -children and even infants. In the year 1780, a phenomenon of this -kind was publickly exhibited in London, in the person of Thomas Aills -Everitt, born in February, 1779. The child’s father conducted a -paper-mill by the side of Enfield Marsh, and was about thirty-six years -of age; the mother about forty-two, of a healthy habit; but neither of -the parents were remarkable for size or stature. Thomas was their fifth -child; the eldest of three living, in 1780, was twelve years old, and -rather small of his age; but the paternal grandfather was a size larger -than ordinary. They had another son of uncommon proportion, who died in -January, 1774, at the age of fifteen months. Thomas was not remarkably -large when born, but began when six weeks old, to grow apace, and -attained a most extraordinary size. - -The child was soon afterwards conveyed to the house of a relation in -Great Turnstile, Holborn; but the confined situation had such an -effect on his health, that it was found necessary to carry him back to -his native air. His extraordinary size tempted his parents to remove -him again to the metropolis, and to exhibit him to the public. His -dimensions, as stated in the handbills distributed at the place of -exhibition, and under a print of Everitt and her son, published in -January, 1780, were taken when he was eleven months old. His height was -then three feet three inches; his girth round the breast, two feet six -inches; the loins three feet one inch; the thigh, one foot ten inches; -the leg, one foot two inches; the arm, eleven inches and a half; the -wrist nine inches. He was well proportioned all over, and subsisted -entirely on the breast. His countenance was comely, but rather more -expressive than is usual at his age, and was exceedingly pleasing, from -his being uncommonly good tempered. He had very fine hair, pure skin, -free from any blemish, was extremely lively, and had a bright clear -eye. His head was rather smaller in proportion than his other parts. -From these circumstances, Sherwin ventured to prognosticate, that he -was as likely to arrive at maturity, accidental diseases excepted, as -any child he ever saw. This opinion might, undoubtedly, have been well -founded, notwithstanding the child’s death, which took place about the -middle of 1780, before he had attained the age of eighteen months. - -But to return to Lambert:--He could not fail to be to every spectator -an object of wonder and surprise; but to the man of science, and -especially to the medical practitioner, his peculiarities must -have been uncommonly interesting. It was impossible to behold his -excessive corpulence, without being astonished that he was not long -before suffocated by such an accumulation of substance. The perfect -and uninterrupted flow of health which he enjoyed in his progress to -his vast dimensions is likewise a remarkable trait in the history of -Lambert. - -While these, and other points of singularity, afford abundant room -for speculation to the philosopher, the moralist will delight to -investigate the qualities of that mind which animated such a prodigious -body. Shrewd and intelligent, Lambert had improved his natural talents -by reading and observation. In company, he was lively and agreeable; -the general information he possessed, and the numerous anecdotes -treasured up in a memory uncommonly retentive, rendered his society -extremely pleasant and instructive. His readiness at repartee, his -superiority in characteristic description, and the humorous sallies -in which he often indulged, gave life, vivacity, and interest, to his -conversation. With respect to humanity, temperance, and liberality -of sentiment, Lambert may be held up as a model worthy of general -imitation. - - - FINIS. - - - - - Transcriber’s Notes - -Page 7: “Buckels were all at once proscribed” changed to “Buckles were -all at once proscribed” - -Page 15: “objects committed to-” changed to “objects committed to” - -Page 21: “one of Lamberts legs” changed to “one of Lambert’s legs” - -Page 26: “he eat with moderation” changed to “he ate with moderation” - -Page 27: “was possessd in an” changed to “was possessed in an” - -A few obvious errors in typography were corrected. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LIFE OF THAT WONDERFUL AND -EXTRAORDINARILY HEAVY MAN, DANIEL LAMBERT *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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