The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-02-05
HntIcrs Srew on the
bcao OF Roorigue3
II Is Tine That Horns Some
times Cyosr on Human BciEgS I


A story comes from Pendleton. Ore
OF the finding OF a human skeleton
eight miles from that place with a
skull furnished with prominent jaw
homes. strong. wide teeth and horns
two inches long projecting from eae-'
side OF the forehead.
IL Is fact well known 10 anatomists
that horny excrescences upon the face
md body Of the human subject are by
no means rare and were also known 10
the ancients
That woodland deity. the satyr de-
picted with goat-like ears, BUDDING
horns and a short tail. did not grow
altogether from the imagination ui the
ancients. either as 10 horns or TAIL
In the olden time horns were sym
holic OF wisdom and power. Michael
Angelo. in his great sculpture OF
Moses. has given that patriarch a pair
OF horns.
Among collected examples ~ human
grown horns in a medical museum IN
London there is one IL inches Ions
and 2L inches in circumference one
modern investigator reports seventy
one cases OF horns, thirty-soven in ie-
males. thirty-One in males. three IN in
fants. OF this number fifteen We're on
the head. eight on the face, eighteen
on the lower extremities ard eleven
on the trunk
Another investigator collected re-
ports II ninety cases, forty-fuur WON
en-. thirty-nine men.s the remainder in-
fants OF these forty-eisht were on the
head. 4 third collector reported ll+
cases of cutaneous horns The greater
frequency OF the growths is with wom-
en-. Old age is often pre1isposng
cause.
The most remarkable case Of a horn
was that Of Paul Rodriguez. Mexican
porter. who from the side Of his head
had a horn fourteen inches in circum-
ference al the base. divided into three
shafts. a case is mentioned Of q horn
that grew upon a woman's forehead
six inches in diameter and six inches
long
In 1896 there being an old woman in
France who constantly shed long horns
from her head. one of which was pre-
sented 70 the King. Vidal the emf
nent French physician. in le>o- pre-
scented before the Academy Of Medi-
cine a twisted horn ten inches Ions.
taken from the forehead Of woman
Small horns growing from the tym-
panic membrane of the ear are nor
rare. DR.. Saxton. OF New York. re-
ported having excised several Of them.
Tho late Or. Pancoast, OF Philadelphia.
reported the case Of a sea captain. -
years old. who had been exposed 20 the
winds all mis- life. His nose. cheeks.
and lips were covered with
horny erowths. which were constantly
being shed and again reproduced.
A number Of authorities speak Or
horns growing upon the legs. Among
these was one over fourteen inches
long. having been forty years in grow
ing. This was taken from the middle
Of the leg Of woman 50 years cld' SIX
inches below the knee
The old women OF the time OF James
/ King OF England. who Glanced y
have these excrescences on their fore
head could hardly hope to escape burn
ing as witches.
stories Of cutaneous horns when
seen and reported by the laity seldom
lack exaggeraticn in description One
OF these is a .,3ry published in papers
Of New South Wales. which describes
a child 1--WE weeks old. born with a
tail eighteen inches long. horns upon
its forehead and a full set Of teeth
The account adds that "the country
people about Bomballa considered this
child a pun ishment for a rebut that
the mother gave TO peddler selling
pictures OF the crucihxion- NeXed by
his persistence. she said she would
sooner have a devil in her house than
his picture