The Portland daily press., 1900-02-03
VERY LIKE A MAN.
Point. of Resemblance Between the
Orang Outans and the Human Crca-
ture.
From the Baltimore SUM-

(From the Baltimore SUM-
Ham. Jr., the educated orang .outang
If the Zoo, was taken before the Johns
Hopkins Medical Society In the assem- bly,
rooms at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Doc
tors and students who were present were
much interest I'd In the little animal and
shook hands with him. Owing to the
length Of the programme which was pre-
sentsd before the society there WAS not
time enough for a close anatomic exami-
nation Of the strange animal.
DIR. Clement A. Pennrose, 413 North
Charles STREET, took the animal from the
Zoo to the hospital, being accompanied
by Hams oaptor and trainer. Capt. Fred
eric D'Osta, and by Mr.. Louis j. Berch.
representing Mr.. Drank q. Bostock. DR..
Penrose lie n close student of zoology, and
was esq eoially struck with the value to
his profession of view Of the strange
animal which 80 much resembles man In
its anatomy. lie introduced Ham by say
ing:
"This interesting little creature was
captured In July, 1898. by his owl er,
Capt. D'0sta, on the Island Of Borneo
about two hundred miles up the Chimpan
River. The mother was also taken, but
died about eight days later. The father.
which was about feet inches in height
escaped. The little one WAS injured In the
arm from falling from the tree which
was cut down.
"Ham, Jr., Is now two and ons half
years old. has cut sll his first teeth. Is
very afYectionats In his disposition and
conveys his wishes by cultural sounds
and signs He eats oatmeal, toast and
sweetensd water for breakfast, msat opce
day and after his act at night has
Welsh rarebit. Ham takes cold very
easily; has had pneumonia. He IT, In
olined to constipation and is then medi-
GATED like human bel ng. he Is washed
every day with alcohol; twice a week
with God liver oil and once q week with
milk.
"The orang -outany. Malayan for man
of the woods, mics, simia sntyrus, gfamily
sim ide, belongs with the gibbons OF east
ern Asia. the chimpanzes and gorilla OF
western Africa, to the "a opp anthropon-
orpbia, or manliks apes. 1t iDhabits the
wooded, swampy lowlands Of Borneo and
Sumatrs. In a Wild state the animal lie
vegetable eater and arborial In its
hapits, building rude shelters in the trees
1.-The male attains stature OF % feet
or more. with q reach of arms OF ia feet;
the relative proportion OF arms TO legs IT,
therefore, much greater than In man.
The erect attitude Is difficult, constrained
and net ordinarily assumed. In trees 1t
Displays great agility. The hands and
feet are long, with bent Knuckles, SO that
the soles OF the fact and hands do not
strike the ground completely. The big
toe and thumb are quite short In COM
paIison with the other digits.
"Ths face, hands and feet are naked.
and the fur 10 soanty and thin, OF q
brow nish or auburn color. The orang
possesses great strength, and, according
to some authorities, II wounded 10 a very
dangerous animal. The adults have we'll
marked warty prominsnces on both
cheeks. but no cheek pouches for food.
"Ths oh eis ton Of tho orang has in ths
loose lumbar curve = resem blance to that
Of q child. In the chimpanzes and
gorilla IL IL more like the adult human
bsing. Inc oranR has twelve ribs, where
as the ohimpanzee ana gorilla. unlike
man, have thirteen, and the gibbons
| fourteen. The thorax 10 wide and nat.
and the sternum may osaify from
double series Of longitudinal centres, al
sometimes OCCURS in man.
"The orang's skull has greater brain
capacity than the ohimpanzss or gorilla,
and owing to the smallnsss OF ths brow
| side tbs forehead is better seen. Tbs
nasal bone In fiat, and none OF these apes
have an anterior nasal aptne. This
forms the bridge Of the nose.) The
seapula or shoulder bone Of the orang Il
/ Ike tuot VI mani tuc scoet 49, ~
olaviole, or COLLAR bone. Is loss like mans
than In the case Of the ohimpanzee OF
gorilla. There are nine wrist or oarpal
bones In the orang. rs In man, only eight
| In the gorilla and ohimpanzss. the mag
nun there being absent.
"To briefly summarize, the orane
comes nearest to man In the number Of
rihs, the form Of the csrebrsl hemisphsree
and their oonvolutions, but In the shape
of the body, sizs and relative PROPORTIONS
of the limbs to the body. they di1er more
than the chimpnnzse or gorilla"
doubted the savage qualities Of the orang.
explaining that IL lacks ssufficient jaw
strength 20 bite hard enough to in1ure q
person, and has only the arm strength,
It's legs being too abort to be OF much
uss. It IL explained that Ham must be
/ treated m ueh like . child from his age
and general characteristics. For that
reason he 10 given no tea or oonee tc
drink for fear Of its eneot on his nerves
and digestion,