Gerald Baily had enormous hands. Each one was as wide as his torso — if he held his hand as if showing the number five, they measured thirty-four and a half inches from the tip of his pinky to the end of his thumb. In all other respects, Gerald was normally proportioned.
His unusual hands were first noticed when Gerald was still in his mother’s womb. The doctors marveled at the size of the tiny infant’s hands — at that point they were bigger than the foetus’ head. Gerald had to be delivered by cesarean section as the risk to his mother was too great for a normal delivery.
