The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-04
boRN WITHOUT EYES.
This Little Grossman Girl Has
Extra Fingers and Toes.
otherwise She Is Perfectly Sound
and in Good Heath.
Physicians Interested In This Unfor-
tunate Freak of Nature.

There's an eight-pound mite Of hu
nsnity 10 the tenement 154 Orchard
street, who has never looked upon tn,
light OF day. and. indeed, never will. 6
physician emphatically declares
The little one-it is a giri-was Dor,
without eyes or even an opac nerve
Her eyeballs. too, are missing.
Although to come into the world IN this
unfortunate condition Is rare happen.
ing vet that is not all the popularity Ii
connection with this babe OF the east
eide.
Altogether the little girl has twenty.
three fingers. thumbs and toes, three
more than the usual number allotted to
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 q sec
ond little finger, which had been formed
on the outer side of the regular small
finger. In this respect both hands are
similar and both of the extra little
fingers are almost perfectly formed.
In every other respect tle child is said
10 be perfect by the physician who was
present at Its birth.
The father and mother are Mr.. and
Mrs. Juds CIR ssman, OF 154 Orchard
street. Mr.. Grossman is an upholsterer
They have been marrief seen years
house mentioned for several months
-Four children nave been born to the
couple. With the exception of the las,
one all are dead.
The father and mother are both
healthy and hearty. and have scarcely
ever had m a'irnen. in th"ir lives
Mrs. Grossman gave birth to the child
las' Sun " aud pr. Leonar'lum i.anies
Of ISL Eldridge street. was the physician
In attendance.
Il have heard of cases of this kind"
said Dr. Landes this morning, I" but they
are as rare as they are unfortunate.
have had to do with thousands OF chill
dren in my professional reer. 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
there Is not a vestlge of an optic nerve
that can discover. 1t is wonderful
case indeed.
well-deve.oped. but they are grown IT,
gether. and there is nothing ike eye.
balls behind them. / and severa. medica.
expect to later, have the opinion Of DIR.
Knapp. the eminent eye specialist"
Or. I.andes saii that the child was
healthy, AMI would no doubt live, pro-
etllhS Tie pdieuts II tHG plOlbel
irea .ment.
you could not blame the parents II
they feel that the child would he much
letter Off dead" he went on. 1T is a
most unfortunate case. indeed
''I T. We 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
have had more experience than /. how
ever in this line
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.
ly pride and pointed out to the reporter
The tiny six toes on the left foot of the
child and the two extra fingers on the
hands.
The girl weighs about eight pounds
and has n luxuriant growth of bacl
bair With the exception of the lack OF
eyes. it's features are regular and pretty
Don't tell my wife" said the hus
band, drawing the reporter aside, thai
me babe will never see, for the doctor
thought 1t better that she be kept ir
ignorance OF the fact. She will be heart
broken when she finds it out"