The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-11-16
Remarkable Cases.

New YORK. Nov. IA medical case of
the greHtrst interest was prezened 10 Il clinic
AT the New York College of Dentistry last
week, when Dir. +. ID. Wel$e, one Of the
medical staff introduced John NJ. Moansk.
of No. 10 Bayard street. who it suffering from
what is known in medical science as acromy-
gala.
Ii is regarded as one of the rarest and most
mysterious diseases to which human kind is
subject. Medical authorities differ as to the
exact nature of the disease, some believing
that il is not really il disease, but Il form of
physical atavism, or Il tendency to return to
the original species. or reversion 10 the print
tive type OF nan.
Molanski is undergoing body metamor
phoSiS. His face is gradually being trans
formed from lis normal appearance into
strong animal type, with prOtruding underIJaw
and overhanging brows, which Il heavy beard
and head of hair but partially conceal. HIS
hands and feet are growing larger and larger
and are already taking on the appearance OF
those of Il monkey. He suffers no personal
Inconvenience. and is daily engaged in his
business of cracker manufacturer, at No. %
Cherry street,
Acromvgaia was first recognized in 1886,
and of the 20 cases recorded Molanski Is the
only one now known to be III existence. The
German scientist, Freund, classified it as
disease of development or Il return to PRINT
tive form. klebs, the great anatomist, agreed
with this theory, but Professor Nirchow re-
CARDS it as a nervous disease, and it is on this
theory that DR.. Weise and DR.. Starr are treat
inc Molanski. Under Freund'S theory there
is 40 known method of treatment.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, Nov. 12.-Simon Buss,
tailor, aged II years, living at Hecktown, is
proving a decided puzzle to all the doctors in
the neighborhood, including lot from dis
lance. Last summer year ago his hair was
as white as snow With the approach OF win
ter his hair gradually became black as a
raven wing. Last summer it gradually re-
sumed its normal color, white. With the APP
proach of cold weather this fall his hair is
gradually changing color again, till now 1t is
about half black and half white. The change
ALWAYS commences at the back of the neck.
The DOCTORS can give no explanation OF these
remarkable changes, eNcept that they think
it is due to ii change in the condition OF the
blood. His legs up to his kness are OF dark
purple hue. Mr.. Buss had been an invalid
for several years prior to this change IN color
New YORK, Nov. 12.-The remarkable case
of John NJ. Molanski, suffering from acromy-
gala, reported yesterday, is nearly paralleled
by one in the Montefiore Home, at the Boue-
ward and 1873 street Molanski is yet IN the
beginning of bodily metamorphosis caused by
the disease. His face is being gradually
transformed from its natural appearance into
strong animal type. In the case in the
Montefiore Home that of Mrs. Hanson, the
disease has made considerable progress. She
has been in the hospital now nearl y seven
years. She presents a most remarkable APP
pearance. Although there is IA distinct ap.
proach, as in the Molanski case, to the animal
type, the womanly face is still there. Head,
hands and feet have increased to an enormous
size. Without growing tall she has grown
bodily, and now weighs $50 pounds: Her
tongue is abnormally large and is flabby, yet
she articulates almost as well as any other
| person. Her hair has become thick and al
most as coarse as brush fibre. She is Al years