When Mrs. Martha Carmas, of Middle Village, Queensboro, New York, died
of elephantiasis, ten men were required to carry her body from the
hospital to Lutz Church for funeral services. She weighed 710 pounds.
A special coffin of immense size was made for the body. Mrs. Carmas
was only thirty-three years of age, and, until she contracted the
dreadful elephantiasis, she was not unusually heavy.