| Show nd banda daok A operation hs jnet been at the pennsylvania hospital hoe pital in the cate of pedro galan a mexican tailor ld to whom nature has given and toes joined by a web similar to that of a ducic galan ia about eighteen years of age laate winter he arrived at thia port as a cabin boy afflicted with hia curious deformity at the time he suffered from pneumonia and became at once an object of interest to the hospital doctors it was noticed that he bad six fingers on each hand joined by a web and seven boea on his right foot and six toes on his left foot joined by a web the nails of galans toes are decidedly peculiar and at first eight he appears to have three distinct nails as the nails of hia toes have three ridges his large too on each foot is about two and a half inches in width buch was the strange patient that enlisted the sympathies of the doctors gal an waa the first to of his peculiarity and he requested that he might be operated upon his left hand was operated on in july last and then galan requested that his right band should be attended to dr morton went to work on the patients right hand and on wednesday cut the web between the fingers and then cawed up the ragged edges of the web it has not been determined to operate upon galana feet at present and probably when he does leave the hospital his feet will remain in what assuredly is tasir natural condition galan will remain at the hospital some time yet and is a handy man in the wards in appearance he resembles an ardian and Is very much pleased with his life in pennsylvania so far already photographs have been his feet and the pictures have been ayed with interest by the medical men to whom abay have been submitted washington star |
