gray
hair, and in his twentieth he died. Rhodiginus speaks of a boy who when
he was ten years impregnated a female. In 1741 there was a boy born at
Willingham, near Cambridge, who had the external marks of puberty at
twelve months, and at the time of his death at five years he had the
appearance of an old man. He was called "prodigium Willinghamense." The
Ephemerides and some of the older journals record instances of penile
erection immediately after birth.

It was said that Philip Howarth, who was born at Quebec Mews, Portman
Square, London, February 21, 1806, lost his infantile rotundity of form
and feature after the completion of his first year and became pale and
extremely ugly, appearing like a growing boy. His penis and testes
increased in size, his voice altered, and hair grew on the pubes. At
the age of three he was 3 feet 4 1/2 inches tall and weighed 51 1/4
pounds. The length of his penis when erect was 4 1/2 inches and the
circumference 4 inches; his thigh-measure was 13 1/2 inches, his
waist-measure 24 inches, and his biceps 7 inches. He was reported to be
clever, very strong, and muscular. An old chronicle says that in
Wisnang Parish, village of Tellurge, near Tygure, in Lordship Kiburge,
there was born on the 26th of May, 1548, a boy called Henry Walker, who
at five years was of the height of a boy of fourteen and possessed the
genitals of a man. He carried burdens, did men's work, and in every way
assisted his parents, who were of usual size.

There is a case cited by the older authors of a child born in the Jura
region who at the age of four gave proof of his virility, at seven had
a beard and the height of a man. The same journal also speaks of a boy
of six, 1.62 meters tall, who was perfectly proportioned and had
extraordinary strength. His beard and general appearance, together with
the marks of puberty, gave him the appearance of a man of thirty.

In 1806 Dupuytren presented to the Medical Society in Paris a child 3
1/2 feet high, weighing 57 pounds, who had attained puberty.

There are on record six modern cases of early puberty in boys, one of
whom died at five with the signs of premature senility; at one year he
had shown signs of enlargement of the sexual organs. There was another
who at three was 3 feet 6 3/4 inches high, weighed 50 pounds, and had
seminal discharges. One of the cases was a child who at birth resembled
an ordinary infant of five months. From four to fifteen months his
penis