The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-06-01
APO MS HE.iIeT MOTEo"

DO HIS II C.1NT MOVE ?'
An Interesting Correspondence be-
tween DR.. q. w. Aikan, of W.nns-
boro, and DR.. TurnipSseu, Of fColum-
bio.
Tho following correspondence
will bo REAL with interest by the
many persons whose curiosity has
been awakened by the scemin ,ly
wonderful darkcy who recently
visited Winnsjoro -
Dr. AyKEN's LETTER.
W1SNspoRo. S. c., My 25, 1873.
DR.. f. B. I'uwipsscd, Co!uueJja,
5. e:
DEAR DocroH~-Nccan5'y there
has been presented tn the fraternity
OF yoUr city the wonderful ne .sro
E3cE!"' oonas, and ftum what [
can !'c:y, &ho n.jrrity pf NJ. p.'s
lock uNpr b..u rs t.u!y m..yin;
pnenono'iom. / have, uf course,
formed nv piiysto op.i> .oE in o3ayu
to him, uut l wish to hear from
another no,u competent to i,llye
. CORRECTLY Of bim than myself. There.
fore, l nn Induced, not only hy
profession i esteem apl personal
! fondaes*, hu5 through gve t con-
fiIencc in your Judgment anl lnyll
appreciation Of yuur opinion, TO
request q letter from you, giving
TO ne your idea or cxpts,n ,tiun Of
the curious powe;s u tue negro in
qlieStl. n.
j. all thgiL he says, ana Ill thai is
claimed for hinl, be true, 1 Viii
have III mute ast,,mShnlunt tn r..-
Mclnhcr him as the untn OF "tlc
iron constitution" the modern Her
cu'es, bre .kIn4 with alacrity and
| ease II soiii bar OF inon over his
make | fore-arn. BY pe:uii.r u u..-
dulating motion of his abdominal
muscles, tying his viscera in 10, i
knot, or forcing them at will down
into the pelvic cavity. I will have
to look upon hin, as creature
devoid of a pericardium, al minus
a diaphragm, not only living in
robust health, but enabled p .rtial'y
by a lack Of these important ap.
pendages to move AMI shift, w,!"<o.
ever he chooses, his Leart-- .he
very fountain~head OF life Itself
rcvei NJ the natural laws of our
being at i 3 will interfering with
it's pnisations at his comm md
changing its position While we
have been tlught and know that
every organ does, and has to, per-
form it's function with u due re ytrl
to the hearts action and situation
that it is truly tho grand 'scen-
tire Wheel in the intricate machinc-
ry of man.
Now it strikes Inc that if there is
an appendagc to any organ in these
1rall bodies Of ou;s, most useful,
and absolutely necessary, that APP
Pendage is the pericarlium. How
beaut fully do some Of the authors
mlle reference to the intin,to re-
L.t(onship that exists between the
heart and the sac that contains it
No peric rdium, no diarh a. I'm (na.
ture's unheard-of fre,l,), then the
heart hangs loosely in the thoracic
cavity, suspended solely from the
"arch of the aorta.'
If his malformat;on does consist
only in the want Of pericard dunn
and diaphragm, then I will have
to lnagna an aorta in obedience to
his command leaving tho spinal
column and following the heart in
reluctant but speedy visits to it's
lower neighbors. If, however, the
nj Tin body Of the aorta preserves its
proximity to the spine. then the
arch of the same must be COM
posed of elAs:ic fib. es (equ,l to
india rubber itseif) and by their
extension letting the heart drop
wboncver and wherever he pIeascs,
and again. at.the desire Of Ezekiel,
by their ohc,'lent contraction re-
placing il suddenly but ,conrtortas
bly, in its normal original position
l await your theory of tho Call
cutta darkcy.
Yours truly,
EDWARD WILLIAM AIKEN.
Dir. TURNlrsrED's RFr1Y.
COLUMBIA, S. c., May 27, 1878.