Thomas Wood, the abstemious miller, 1719-1783

Thomas Wood, the abstemious miller, 1719-1783. Wood became morbidly obese in his 40s from a diet of beer and fatty meat, until he was recommended a diet book by Luigi Cornaro, a Venetian noble. He lived for decades on water and a sea-biscuit (hardtack) pudding. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by Robert Cooper from Henry Wilson and James Caulfield's Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869

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