The evening world., 1894-07-04
BORN WITHOUT EYES.
This Little Grossman Girl Has
Extra Fingers and Toes.
Otherwise She 10 Perfectly Sound
and In Good Health.
Physicians Interested In This Unfor.
tunate Freak OF Nature.

There's an eight-pound mite Of hui
mainly in the tenement ia Orchard
street, who has never looked upon the
hght OF day, and. indeed. never will, q
physician emphatically declares
Inc little one--it Is a girl--was born
without eyes or even an optic nerve.
her eyeballs, too, are missing.
Although to come into q world in th,.
unfortunate condition liz a rare happen.
ing' yet that is not all the popularity In
connection with this babe of the east
side.
Altogether the little girl has twenty.
three ringers, thumbs and toes, three
more than the usual number allotted Ia
mankind.
Each tiny pink hand has five TIMER
pink fingers, and the left foot has six
perfectly formed toes. The surplus OF
myers Is due to the growth OF a sec.
ond little finger which had been formed
on the outer side OF the regular small
finger. In this respect both hands are
sirnilar, and both Of the extra little
myers rs eye are o almost perfectly formed
70 De perfect by the physician who was
present az its birth.
The father and mother are Mr.. and
Mrs. Juda Or 7ssman, OF lbl Orchard
street. Mr.. Grossman is an upholsterer.
They have been married seven years.
and have lived en- the third floor OF the
mouse mouse mentioned for, several months.
couple: With the exception OF the last
one all are dead. '"'
>, The father, and mother are both
healthy and hearty. and have scarcely
Mrs. Gresham gave birth to the child
last sunday, and DR.. Lemordum Landes,
or Isl Eldridge street. was the physician
have heard of cases Of this kind. -
said Or. Landes this morning "but they
are as rare as they are unfortunate.
nave had to do with thousands of chill
dren in my professional career, but this
Is the first case OF the kind actually to
come under my immediate care.
Yes, the child has absolutely no eye
balls" continued the physician. and
tnere Is not a vestige of an optic nerve
case indeed. 80
THE eyelids and sockets are fairly
we.ih.aeve.oped, but they are grown To-
balls behind them. ana severa. medical
friends have examined the little one. and
expect to later have the opinion of Or.
hnapp the eminent eye specialist"
Dr. landes said that the child was
healthy, and would no doubt live, pro-
tre8tmen
You could not blame the parents II
they feel that the child would be much
better on dead" he went on. ut is a
most unfortunate case. indeed
II have, examined the literature refer
ring to rare medical cases OF this de-
scription. and have even been to the
Academy OF Science in search OF infor.
nation. but can find only the slightest
reference to the subject. Others may
nave had more experience than I, how
An Evening World" reporter visited
Mrs. Grossman this morning She had
not learned that the little pink bundle
she cuddled in her arms would never
see, and exhibited the girl with mother
Y pride and pointed our to the reporter
the tiny six toes on the left foot OF the
hands.
The, girl weighs about eight pounds
and has a uxuriant growth of black
hair. with the exception OF the lack Of
eyes. iej features are regular and pretty.
Don't tell my wife" said the hus.
band. drawing the reporter aside, What
the babe will never see. for the doctor
'hought 1t better that she be kept in
ignorance Of the fact She will be heart.
broken when she finds 1t out