The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
Men ana Women win Horns.
From the Revue dies Revues. Paris.

From the Revue DIES Revues, Paris
This phenomenon is more frequently met
with than is generally believed Such is
the force of prejudice that nearly all of
us would rather have two noses or four
feet than the emblem which in bveone
ages was considered the supreme ornament
of man. II is in this view that horns are
attributed to gods and heroes. Alexander
the Great, when he proclaimed himself the
son of Jupiter, gave orders that on the
coins which should be struck thereafter
he should be represented bearing horns.
Mlchelangelo, when he made a statue of
| Moses, depicted the Hebrew legislator with
horns, as a sign of manly strength The
kings of India were wont to have horns
attached to their helmets as a mark of
their supreme rank. The great gods. like
Jupiter, Pan, and even Astarte, the
goddess of the Syrians, were represented
with horns, as an indication of their
mighty power. In the course of time the
horn lost its significance, and ceased 10 be
regarded as a mark of spendor force, and
dignity.
M. Villeneuve has written a book in
which he describes seVenty-one cases of
horned human beings. Fifty per cent. of
these occurred in the cases of men who
had the horns, like animals, on the fore
head. The statistics show that more wo-
men are horned than men, and the horns
those of men. In the British Museum is
the largest specimen of human horn. 1t
is eight inches in length and ornamented
the head of noble Englishman. In the
SEVENTEEN century a Mrs. Allen OF Lei
cestershire, England, had a pair of horns
80 far from being ashamed, she was
proud OF them, and wore them as an or
nament all her life. They attracted to
her, 1t is told. numerous admirers. An
other Englishwomah of the same town.
known as the beautiful Mary Davis had
a pair of horns, which were regarded as
an addition to her charms She had them
cut off four times; but they grew again
one growth was presented 10 King Henry
~ of France
NJ Lamprey and other travellers have
told of people who number among them
numerous specimens of horned men and
women. These people are found in certain
regions OF western Africa In 1887, M Lam
prey relates, he found in the African terri
tory OF Ganim several imposing types Of
horned men and women. One of these was
a notwithstanding negro with two horns
Whlch IN his case sprang one from each
side OF the nose. A Mexican named Rod
rlgues Is described as having a horn on
the side of his head, about seven inches
long, with three branches like the horn
of a stag.
Are horns hereditary It would appear
Aioiii thS ODStINdtlOtS OF physicians who
nave carefully studied these excrescenees
thar they are sometimes hereditary though
not as general rule. NJ. Dublanc re-
lates in the journal de Pharmacie for 1870
that the Medical Society sent him for an
alysis three human horns of which one
was cut from the head OF the GRANDPA
Their of the person who bore the other two
Animals that are not usually horned some
times, like the human race, put forth IN
eXpectedly decoration Of this kind There
are Northumberland cases of horns be-
ing found on dogs, horses. and hares: and
there Is even one case related by a trust
worthy physician Of their being seen on
a cat. What Is the nature of this born
formation? According to Malpighi whose
opinion is entitled to great weight, horns
are the nervous prolongation of the skin.
Bleschu, another judge not to be des-
pissed, says they are due to a morbid Sc
creuon Without entering into details on
this subject, II may be said that il is
agreed that In their essence human horns
are analogous, in their subs lance, 10 that
of the horns of animals, 10 human nails.
and the claws of beasts. Whatever 1t may
be, these excrescences do not threaten
either the health or the life of those who
have them.