Claude Ambroise Seurat was a French man who was exhibited in traveling freak shows as the Living Skeleton. Born in 1797 or 1798, he appeared to be a normal baby, but as he grew, his body wasted away. As an adult, he was said to be 5' 7" tall and weighed only 78 pounds!
Seurat became rather famous for his appearance, and drew scrutiny of the French medical community. It became obvious to anyone who observed Seurat over time that his skeletal body size was due to the fact that he ate very little. But why was that?
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