A PETRIFIED CHILD.
The New York Times publishes the following despatch from Cleveland, Ohio : —The most extraordinary case of sclerema, or petrifying of the skin, known in medical history was made the; subject. of a medical clinic in this city to-day.’' 1 The case was that of a child brought here from New Philadelphia, and it is becoming literally a petrified child. The flesh is as cold and hard almost as marble, and while the child, which is nearly three years old,; continues to live, it can only freely move its lips and eyes. It has none of the warmth and pliability of human flesh, and sleeps with its eyes open, presenting a most ghastly spectacle. Until six months ago it was in perfect health. The disease is in one of the connective tissues between the skin and flesh, whose origin is unknown, but it is supposed to be caused by perverted nutrition. This is the thirty-fifth case discovered, and an important one, iu-as-mnch as no instance has heretofore been known where the entire body was affected. The child must die, as complete petrification will ensue.
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Patea Mail, Volume VI, Issue 540, 1 July 1880, Page 3
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186A PETRIFIED CHILD. Patea Mail, Volume VI, Issue 540, 1 July 1880, Page 3
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