By Dayne Hudson
Amazing people.
They come in all shapes and sizes, even in the same lifetime!
Meet Adam Rainer, the only person in history to have been a dwarf and a giant.
Adam was born in 1899 in Graz, Austria-hungary and was initially a dwarf up until the age of 18, measuring just over 4ft tall.
He then suffered from what's called acromegaly; when the the anterior pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone.
So by the age of 32, he'd reached a height of 218 cm (7 ft 2 in).
Adam was officially a giant.
But sadly, there was no gym or room for an active lifestyle for Adam, as he was left bed ridden for the rest of his life due to the severe curvature of his spine resulting from the growth.
Adrian's pituitary gland was operated on but unfortunetly they could not remove the entire tumour.
Adrian continued to grow, maybe not as fast, but still a lot more than the average man!
In 1914 at the age of 15 he tried to join the military but was told he was told he was too short and weak.
If only he could have joined after the growth spurt and with no curveture of his spine!
At the age of 51, Adam Rainer passed away standing 7'10" tall.
Historians to this day still tell us: "He is the only person in human history who has been able to call himself a dwarf and a giant in the same lifetime."
Despite the horrible life Adam ended up living, the only blessing is how amazing it is to see what the human body can do, going from so small to so large in such a short amount of time.
Incredible.
