Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-04
A conroR41onlsT,s PECULIAR POWERS

The students of the Chicago Medical
College, corner of Prairie avenue and
Twenty. sixth street, witnessed January
5Sh a practical illustration of the ana
tomical construction of the human form
and the possibilities of fractures, disloca-
lions and tensions of which the muscular
system is capable. The subject, Frank
Warren, has long been a wonder in physi-
cal science to medical men. He was born
IN Schuylersville, N. Y, is thirty four
years of age, and in every way we'll
developed and ordinary. looking man.
When little child, in running about,
his hips used to fall out of place and he
would fall down, but the unjointing pro-
cess was never accompanied by pain or
Inconvenience, and he righted tie dislo-
cation at will. As he grew older, and his
muscles developed, he found he had
wonderful control over every individual
one, and could dislocate any joint in his
entire system simply by the exercise of
will power and slight physical exertion.
At eight years of age he ran away from
home and joined circus, and became
celebrated contortionist. In the course Of
time he attracted the attention of medi-
cal men, and has since given scientific
exhibitions in different medical colleges
throughout the world Professor Roswell
Park, who delivers the regular course of
anatomical lectures bsfore the students Of
services of the physiological wonder, and
the exhibition occurred in the college am
phitheater at II o'clock on the day men,
toned
Mr.. Warren began the exhibition by dis-
locating his thumb joints, both longitudin
ally and lateraly, and followed this by
going through the same process with his
fingers. He then Ut jointed his hips, sep
arately and simultaneously then his
shoulder joints, shortening each arm ever
an inch ; then his knees, ard next his
ankles, in the latter feat placing the soles
OF his feet squarely together. Tue posi-
ton OF the Joint and attitude of the
patient with knee or hip dislocation were
clearly defined. The imprinted man then
disloca.ed his lower jaw, first on one aide,
and then On the other, and then on both
eides at once. He next contracted the
abdominal muscles, drew his vIscera up
under his ribs, and left a space of only
two inches between the front of his abdo-
men and his spine Following this, he
relaxed the muscles OF his upper arm aud
contracted those OF the forearm, and then
exactly reversed the tension. Various ex-
hibitions of his control over distinct
muscles OF the legs, shoulders, back and
breast we're given, and his ability TO I'M
screw his nose and wiggle his ears afforded
much merriment.
The exhibition was accompanied by
lecture by DR.. Park descriptive of the vari-
Gus phases of disjointure, and was wit.
messed by Professor Ha field and Professor
HOLSTER. La response to questions from
the professors, Mr.. Warren stated that he
had a little boy, now dead, who could dis
locate every JOINT in his body, including
his elbows, which latter feat his father
could not perform. His little girl could
dislocate both hips, which was an accom-.
plishmens no other female ever possessed
so far as known in medical annals. Since
attaining celebrity he had heard that his
grandfather used to have the singular fac
ulry of upjointing his body. and was in
the habit OF delighting the rustics with ex-
hibitions of this uncommon faculty when
they came to his country store in New
York. DIR. Frank Hamilton, in his latest
work on fractures and disIocations, gives
Mr.. Warren, with four pages of descrip.
tions and illustrations The exhibition
yesterday was brought to close by mum