The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-10-20
.he London pubic, is from the medical Adj

wiser.
Claude Ambrose Seurat, he Is native o.
Troyes. Champagne, was born Oh the tenth
of April, 1898 and is consequently twenty
seven years Of age. E
The child on coming into the world pre-
sented the customary baby form, its features
being handsome; but in proportion as the IN
fant grew the frame gradually wasted away,
and continued to decrease until the attain
emf of its tul stature, which occurred az
the usual term of life, at which Claude Am
broise Seurat had attained his present heignt
of /, feet inches, and a half, when his frame
had dwindled to the living shelton form 1t
now personifes The pupils of his eyes are
large. fuln and penetrating; the whites very
clear and his sight strong, but the upper
4 lids appear rather to weigh downwards, from
laxity of the muscles, added to which the
plazinsss in sight that conveys a some
thing of rhastliness to the general appear
ance. His teeth are perfect; his power OF
mastication very good as there is no defect IN
the strength of the Jaws. His right should
er inrlnes very much downwards, while the
left rises in proportion. The upper joints OF
the arms present nothing but bones covered
with the skin, their circumference measur-
inc lust inches; while the forearms, on the
contrary, are 1-2 inches. The hands are
particularly long, and the nails beautifully
! formed; but the fingers were contracted up
wards. The muscles of the arms are how
ever, wasted away or contracted, SO that our
subject does not possess the power OF elevat-
ing the hands higher than into semshori-
zontal position, and when in that attitude
nothing can possibly exceed the sepulcilra
appearance of this living anatomy.
i "perhaps one of the most wonderful cir
cumstances attending the living skeleton is
| that if measured externally from the CHI st
to the back bone, the distance is under three
inches.
wraken round the waist at the bottom Of
| the ribs. the body measures barely enc foot
eleven inches, and, when the object thro"s
I its arms back wards, the shoulder blade bones
| are scarcely one inch assunder From the
yertebrae of th- back, taken between the
shoulders to the centre OF the loins, the fall
! ing in, is not less than 5 inches.
\ aThe thighs are much smaller than the
legs, and, like the upper joints OF the arms
merely covered with skin; the, knees, OF a
reddish colour, protrude IN the front and
sides, forming, as it were, bowl at the
bottom Of the thigh bones. The legs, o'
which the right is the largest, merely show
signs of calves, particularly the latter.
"Ehen in France, he ate very little il
any, animal fooda penny French roll WIS
enough for DAVIS sustcnance; but as he
now partakes of animal diet in very small
quantities, his portion Of bread is reduced
accordingly.
"His voice is by no means strong, but far
from disagrceabl.; he has particular pas
sion for music, and even can sing in d faint
tone, but conversation must nor be kept up
for any length of time, as complete exhaus-
tion would be the consequence. When
speaking, the rotary motion through the skin
of the neck is perceptlble, and the pulsa-
: tion Of the heart consp cuous to the eye.
"In raising either of his feet from thS
! floor the limb appears 10 be d'stended use
lcsslv from the knee; and we cannot better
illustrate this idea than by that sensation W,
commonly experience upon allowing a lmt
to remain too long in one position, there by
causing a temporary strangalation Of the yes
3 sells, known by the common term of the foo
being asleep.
"Sir Ashley Cooper; BY whom he has beel
| visited, finds that his heart is placed so mucl
out of the common region allotted to it, tha
! it is precisely its own length layer than j
E properly placed.
SIN regard to the texture of the skin o
t this living wonder, it is of dry m2istiesa
: ldl luliSut dpptdi t-iSS hhi|h, ~ -
4 ing any other human form, weuld nnt an
, swer the purposes of its functions, but seem
q calculated alone to coyer the slender luce
!, less body of the being whom nature intend
n ed to array On the shins, nodes appear ii
n the form of buttons, though not ohstrusiYel,
: to the eve, and the toes of the feet arc Den
: over one another.
"Thc ribs are not only capable Of bein!
distinguished, but may be clearly separated
and counted one BY one, and handled like $
many pieces of cane, and together with th
y skin which covers them, resemble more th
:, hoops and outer covering Of balloon, OF
: small size, than any thing in the ortiaar
= course Of nature. We come now TO th
: action produced by the effort Of the lungs
; and whi,'h strange as it may appear, doc
q not proceed from the chest as in ortlinar
J. cases, but from the lower extremity OF tn
IT abdomen, as though the organs of re,pra
d tion, from laxi,y, had absolutely descende
d from their proper sphere, and that, by = te
d nacious effort of nature, unwilling to yel
l. possession of her functions, they had ac
is commodated themsevesby time to such a
e unnatural and incredible position"
- Extract of letter from II. II. Carter, Esq
- the n. Y. Statesman, now on tour throug
: England, dated
T CAsTLrToN, 29th Jury, 1925.
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