A Baby Without Eyes

A wonderful bit oí humanity has taken up its abode at 154 Orchard street This little girl baby was bom on Saturday without eyes or optie nerve. As if this unfortunate condition of affairs was not enough, the baby is afflicted with more fingers than is nsually given to mankiud. From the little finger of each hand is an extra finger of perfect shape and size, and excepting that it points in an opposite direction to the other fingers is apparently formed to remain for a lifetirue. In all other respects the little girl is healthy, weighs eight pounds and is as pretty and well behaved a child as could be found anywhere. lts parents, Mr. aud Mrs. Jnda Grossman, live on the third floor at 154 Orchard street. This is the eighth year of their married life, and during that time three children have been bom, who have all died. The eyeless jnfant was examined in the Post Gradúate Medical hospital yesterday by Drs. F. F. Reyling and Charles A. Tama before a class oí 50 students. It was conclusively proved that the child has no sight whatever, the cause being the arrest of development before birth. Dr. Lander, who is attending the child, has been searching oíd medical manuscripts for records of similar cases, but the only success he has met with was the flnding of a mere mention in an oíd French natural history by Bruneau of a case where a male