An Unparralleled Phenomenon. 



Dr. J. E. Hawler, of Ithica, N. Y., formerly 

 Professor of Surgery in the Geneva (N. Y.) 

 Medical College, publishes a statement in the 

 ( Ithica)^ merican Citizen, which will equally as- 

 tonish the world at large and the medical pro- 

 fession, for, we presume, a like case was never 

 known in the world. It will puzzle the skill of 

 the wisest of them to account for this strange 

 phenomenon. We give Dr. Hawler's whole 

 statement of the case, in his own word?^ ^ond 

 leave others to judge of the remarkable occur- 

 rence : 



" The subject of this remarkable phenomenon 

 is between thirteen and fourteen years of age. 

 His name is Oliver Els worth Northrop. I have 

 known him from his birth to the present period. 

 His mother died when he was a few months old, 

 of Tubercular phthisis pultuonodis, (or consump- 

 tion,) and his father followed her within a 

 twelvemonth after, with the same disease. He 

 was a feeble infant, and in about two months 

 after he was born, a great tenderness was percei- 

 ved about his right hip joint. At two years, 

 there was considerable tumefaction over the joint; 

 this was alternately relieved and it reappeared, 

 j until, at about five years old, an abcess formed 

 i on the same side between the spine and the hip, 

 ! this was opened and continued to discharge for 

 : six months. In his eighth year, an abcess wag 

 j formed at the point of the first tumefaction, sub- 

 '' sequently a number of abcesses have formed on 

 the same side. The hip joint has been dislocated 

 by the intense action of strumous disease ; the 

 limb is drawn towards the body with a perfect 

 anchylosis of the hip and knee joints. The left 

 fore-arm is drawn up to the shoulder, and the 

 elbow joint is completely anchylosed ; the con- 

 dyles are as distinct as if they were not covered 

 by skin ; and, indeed, all the parts of the body 

 that are not affected by the tumefaction are in a 

 similar condition, so that one might almost study 



This is but a faint description of this very re- 



|markable case. Yesterday morning as I wae 

 coming out of the Drug Store of B. S. Halsey, 



1 1 was hailed by P. I. Partenheiner, Esq., with 

 a request to call at Mrs. Munger's, where the 



f lad resided with his grandmother, Mrs. Ellen 

 Curtis. I immediately lepaired there, and on 



j entering the sick room, Mrs. Curtis threw off 

 the sheet that covered the right limb, which 



r had been for a long time immensely swollen ; 

 there was presented to my view a stem, on the 

 inner side, at the edge of the Gastrocnemiue 

 muscle, rising at right angles with it more than 

 seven inches in height, with a flower squarely 

 set upon it, to my own apprehension resembling 

 the Passion Flower, but which Mrs. Munger 

 thought resembled the China Aster. Mrs. Mun- 

 ger stated, that on Wednesday, Ellsworth said 

 that he felt an oozing from what had been expec- 

 ted to be an abcess, and expressed great relief. 

 He did not permit any examination until Satur- 

 day afternoon, when she and Mrs. Curtis beheld 

 a stem arising at right angles with the limb, at 

 about the height of three inches, crowned with 

 three white buds, in the language of Mrs. Mun- 

 ger, resembling the ' white buds of tJie .Orange ,' 

 on being exposed to the light, the flower had ex- 

 panded, and assumed the color of a beautiful 

 greyish purple. 



The phenomenon was so strange, that I could 

 scarcely trust my own senses, and immediately 

 j called upon my friend and esteemed counsellor, 

 Dr. John Stevens, and Dr. J. O. M. Ingersoll, 

 formerly a highly respected member of the facul- 

 ty, but now devoting himself with much' repu- 

 | tation to dental surgery, together with the Rev. 

 W. 8. Walker, of the Episcopal Church, whose 

 acquirements in literature and as a minister of 

 ! the Gospel, are well known ; they saw the case 

 j and can abundantly testify to the truth of the 

 above statement." 



Death of n l>i*thiyui*hrd IVatire California!!. 



Ken Franklin, the grizzly i K -ur. tin- favorite of the M us 

 man Attains, the companion for the last three or four years 

 his various expeditions in the mountains anil his sojourns in 

 cities uiitl towns of California, departed from thin mortal existence 

 onSunday evening, at 10 o'clock. The noble brim-, -which was 

 captured nt the head waters of the Merced river in i<i4, had 

 lii-eii raised by his muster from a cub, and during his life in 

 itested the most indubitable indications of remarkable sagacity 

 and affection. He wan ever tame and gi-ntle. and although pos- 

 sessed of the size and strength of n giant among brutes, was in 

 disposition peaceful; rough, it is true, in his playfulness, but 

 ahvnys well-disposed. He accompanied his master on him ting 

 expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and through various por- 

 tions of California, and on two occasions saved his life in long 

 and desperate struggles with savage animals in the wilds. H* 

 frequently carried his master's pack, provisions and weapons; 

 frequently shored his blanket and fed from the same lof. 

 During the last two years Ben was the "star" animal In 

 Adams' wonderful collection in this city and has spent his time 

 in exhibiting his frame, rearing upon his colossal legs and 

 shaking his immense ehuins, for the amusement and edification 

 of spectators and the profit of his master. Many of our readers 

 have often seen him tramping at the length of his chain in the 

 midst of the other animals of the Pacific Museum. One of his 

 eyes was observed to lie injured and several sear? were to be 

 seen about his head and neck ; but they were honorable wounds 

 and reflected as much credit upon poor Ben s the scan* of a 

 brave soldier. They were all received in the service of his 

 human friend, protector and master. As might be supposed, hU 

 loss has been severely felt by Adam*. The old hunter would 

 willingly have lost all the balance of his collection to have saved 

 15en. AVe recollect that Mich were Adams' feelings towards 

 lien, when the Museum was flrst established in the city, and 

 during frequent visits to observe, over and over again, and study 

 the habits and characters of his wonderful animals, we rn-ve'r 

 once heard Adams express any other but sentiments of prefer- 

 ence for this faithful creature. / & ~ * 



J'.en's sickness was some internal diso/dcr, which could not 

 well be understood, and for which no reined v was known. Had 

 any cure been possible, no cost would have been spared to pro- 

 cure it. After an indisposition, however, of about a week's 

 duration, during which time the animal refused to eat or drink, 

 lie sank on Sunday evening under his malady and died without a 

 struggle. His shaggy skin was cut oil" yesterday, and all that can 

 be kept of him, his form and outward appearance, will be pre- 

 (xerved. His sagacious expression, however.Jand his great affec- 

 tionate spirit are gone forever. Alas, poor brute ! 



Capt. ft. .nui,v,i 



CRATER MOUNTAIN. A correspondent of the 

 Yreka Union thus describes Crater Mountain, in 

 Siskiyou county : Near the summit the trees be- 

 come somewhat sparse, and of a stunted growth, 

 and dreary-looking ridges lowered above us. One 

 of these seemed to have been harrowed up in a 

 solid into angular blocks, fitting beautifully to- 

 gether. Half a mile above this, greatly to the 

 relief of our tired feet, we reached the sand, the 

 outer rim of the basin which crowns the summit. 

 Dead trees, chiefly pines, blown out of root, dry 

 and hard, were strewn about in every direction, 

 and young pines were again growing in their 

 stead. These dead trees, some of them pretty 

 large, give us a record of many departed ages. 

 Meeting on the eastern summit, which is the top 

 of the mountain, we had a fine view of this sand 

 pan of nature. Itg mouth cants towards the 

 West, is about one mile in circumference, and, as 

 we afterwards found, upon careful inspection, is 

 about three hundred feet deep on the east side, 

 one hundred feet on the west, sloping gradually 

 down all around to the bottom of the basin ; while 

 on the summit we became sleepy, the same as one 

 does on Shasta Butte; but the grandeur of the 

 scene was too exciting to yield to slumbers. 



SHOWER OK WORMS. During a recent shower 

 in San Francisco/ an immense quantity of red 

 earth worms fell in the vicinity of Union, Green- 

 wich, Powell and Green streets. _The roofs and 

 streets Were alive with them. 



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