Abstract
The giant has long been a popular figure in literature, not just in children's stories and fairy tales. But more than merely a mythical or literary phenomenon, the giant is also a continuing clinical problem: people throughout the ages have suffered from acromegaly, an inordinate bodily growth. The symptoms of acromegaly include changes in the growth and quality of hair, the hunching of the back, the swelling of lips and ears, pain in the joints, impaired vision, and bouts of inordinate thirst. Both the frequency and the obviousness of the symptoms are such that the disorder must have been observable in ancient times as
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