New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-10
MEN AND WOMEN WITH HOprs
CURIOUS ADORNMENTS OF WHICH, r,,,
is SCIENTIFIC RECORD
From The Revue des Reyues.

From The Revue des Revues.
This phenomenon IL more freouen,,v
than Is generally believed. Such is the So..n o
prejudice that nearly all Of us wouh ''0
have two noses or four feet than The Ustas
which in bygone ages was considered ,hoaa
preme ornament Of man. 1t is in this ,,a we y
horns are attributed to gods and heroes h
ander the Great, when he proclaimed :. Aei
the son of Jupiter gave orders that ON IN m'tase
which should be struck thereafter no eh,Wn
represented bearing horns. Michel Angelo ~
he made statue of Moses depicted the T.s we
legislator with horns, as q sign az VT,
strength. The kings of India were ~, sal
have horns attached to their helmets az ~! III
OF their supre me rank. The great god mar
Jupiter. Pan and even Astarte. the eodd....u p
the Syrians were represented with horns as
indication Of their mighty power. In the ~
of time the horn lost its significance and cs Suts
to be regarded as mark Of splendor. forcs
dignity. an
NJ. Villencuve has written book in wbio,
describes seventy-one cases of horned human !,
ings. Fifty per cent of these occurred - "
cases of men who had the horns. like an; III u
on the forehead. The statistics show thai 40
women are horned than men, and the horn' '
the women are usually longer than tbos.
men. In the British Museum is the largest =. o
men ot human horn IL Is eight inch c.
length. and ornamented the head OF nj,
Englishman. In the seventeenth century NJ
allen, Of Laicestershire. England. had mai; %s
horns. SO far from being ashamed she "
all her life. They attracted to her Il ia ,.,,
numerous admirers. Another Englishwom,S" WV
the same town. known as the beautiful NJ.
Davis, had a pair Of horns. which were rasGG
ed as an addition to her charms. She had then
cut off four times. but they grew again. IN
growth was presented to King Henry ~ Nv y
France.
NJ. Lamprey and other travellers have t,n =,
people who number among them numerous snaJ
mems Of horned men and women. These rI,s,
In 1881. NJ Lamprcy relates, he found in ~
African territory OF Ganim several imno..
tyres of horned men and women. One ~ tSa S
was a majestic- looking negro with two ~.
which IN his case sprll J., one from each sds n
the nose. A Mexican named Rodriguez is a.
scriDcd as having horn on the side Of his hssi
about seven inches long. with three brancs..
like the horn of a stag
Are horns hereditary? II would appear 49,.
the observations Of physicians who have cam
fully studied these eXcrescences THAI they a.,
sometimes hereditary. though not as . recs.'
rule. NJ. Ddbanc relates in The journal =.
Pharmacie for $50 that the Medical Soccer,
sent him for analysis three human horns !,
which one was cut from the head Of the PR, J,
father OF the person who bore the other ~.
Animals that are not usually horned sometime,
Ike the human race. put forth unexpectedlv /,
decoration Of this kind. There are welI-aus,
ticated cases of horns being found ON 40
horses and hares; and there is even one ease ;.
lated by trustworthy physician Of their bsi,,
seen on a cat. What is the nature of this No.,
formation? According 10 Malpighi whose o,ir
ion Is entitled to great weight. horns are n,
nervous proongation of the skin Bleschu A.
other judge not to be despisei. SAYS they A.,
due To a morbid secretion. Without ents,',,
into details on this subject il NAV be said ,h,'
II is agreed that in their essence human ho,,,
are analogous, in their substance 10 that of IN
horns of animals. To human nails. and the chr,
OF beasts. Whatever IL may be- these excr.,
cences do not threaten either the health or ~
life OF those who have them