A Case Of Elephantiasis

A man with his k'gs almost petrificó (licii :it New ilnvtn S.ítiu-ilay iíi Jumes Featheiwtone, rigéd 7!, who l'or itaany yenrs suflered from elepliantiasis arabum. Ho had a "eriok' iu his bnck ten yeara ::fí( aui toök to )iis bed, and had nev r since lieen out cf it. Abonfc i year later tbc soles of bis feet begau to nnrden ainl looit like stom;, aml his legH sV(íJl:'l Ruil wcrp covered with scabs, iilcíei nucí horuy exon-scencoB Bometimes two inohea long, presenting a siokening sight, nntil at Iiíh death they measored sohk! tiirty-iivc ínches aroünd the oalf ,.,. i;;hcil about eighty poimdB, Tlio tea widé .■■■■üHon frem pliysiciiiiiB, mil isthqngbt ta bo WiO Qrsi of thé kind in Kwv EngiAntf, ïpringjidt.l {Mass.) lïepublican.