An emaciated, pale man with prominent ribs and a distended stomach stands in a dark, atmospheric room with candles and books.

draw Tarrare who was slim and of average height.[9] At the age of 17, he weighed only about 100 lb (45 kg; 7 st 2 lb).[1][5] He was described as having unusually soft fair hair and an abnormally wide mouth (roughly four inches between his jaws when his mouth was fully extended),[10] in which his teeth were heavily stained[9] and on which the lips were almost invisible.[11][10] When he had not eaten, his skin hung so loosely that he could wrap the fold of skin from his abdomen around his waist.[9][11] When full, his abdomen distended "like a huge balloon".[6] The skin of his cheeks was wrinkled and hung loosely, and when stretched out, he could hold twelve eggs or apples in his mouth.[10][12] See more