Show YEAR NINE OLD NINE OlD GIRl SlOWLY PETRIFYING N G I By United Pre Press PHILADELPHIA Jan 5 sive one of f th the s rarest pathological manifestations manifestation known to licence has put In Its appearance appearance appear appear- r ance a again aln In plain every day English progressive progressive progressive pro means 9 gradual transformation of tissue an and d Into bone year old d girl whose name is withheld Is now In the Jefferson hospital awaiting the day when she will be completely petri tied fled This according to surgeons surgeon s studying the case Is probably but buta a afew few years off otto The Th case the case the second of of its kind kin kindI d kno Tn to Dr John Chalm Chalmers rs Da Costa Josta a I came came to this city from a Wilmington Del hospital as as' as soon soon as the the- nature o othe of f i the ailment aliment became established Prof j VV W v W has the child under j cial observation and will conduct a sei se se- se i cries ries of experiments to analyze the paI patients patient's pa- pa j j I tient's digestive o processes j The disease Is thought to be cause caused d by the improper functioning of th the e small masses of gland gland- like lying beneath the thyroid thyroid thyroid thy thy- I roid glands In the neck It is th the e glands which control th the e I supply of ot lime HOle salts or building bone elements clements to the body and If It these glands are removed death follows The child appears normal to the untrained untrained untrained un- un trained eye but when one touches the muscles of the neck arms anns and back they are as rigid and hard as stone atone The disease attacks progressively all aU aUthe the tho voluntary muscles of the body The Involuntary muscles are are unaffected i ideath death resulting from inability to eat I or move any portion of the body body- I Dr Da Costa places the outside limit to the age which the child may attain I at 20 years iI i l I |