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American acromegalic giant Max Edmund Palmer hospitalized because of an “infected toe”

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Photograph of the American acromegalic giant Max Edmund Palmer (1927-1984, final height 224.8 cm) hospitalized at Charity Hospital in New Orleans because of an “infected toe,” January 4, 1952. Photograph from the private collection of Wouter W de Herder. (Source: de Herder WW, Raymond WA. Neuropathic foot ulcers in the tallest patients with acromegalic gigantism: a common and significant problem. Historical overview. Pituitary 2023;26[4]:333-9. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [CC BY 4.0] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. The photograph also appeared in “The Milwaukee Journal” on January 4, 1952, among other newspapers. Anonymous. Giant finds things difficult in hospital. Milwaukee: The Milwaukee Journal, January 4, 1952.)