Liu Chang-Chung, an overweight young man in Taiwan, viewed from the side standing, before undergoing an operation to reduce the length of his intestine. Photograph, 1974.

London (85 Fleet Street) : The Press Association Ltd., March 21 1974.

1 photograph : photoprints ; image 19.3 x 12.5 cm

How a fat boy will grown slim. March 21 1974. ... Taipei, Taiwan, P.A.: This boy, aged 19, weighs 40 stone and is so fat he can hardly breathe. The cure? To shorten his small intestine from its 23 feet to only 1ft. 6in. Liu Chang-chung is waiting the operation at a hospital here ... For first publication in evening papers of Thursday March 21 1974

Wellcome Collection 2858536i