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Show A Singular Malady. Death has at last claimed the victim of a singular disease. Nine years age David Ycttcr of Oakwood was assailed with rheumatism of a form that attacked at-tacked tho Joints. I'rogiesslve ossification ossifi-cation marked the ase, the cntlio body being stiffened with the disease. Tho victim was at length unablu to masticate food and relied on liquid nourishment. Then tho Jaws stiffened so. that lie could no longer open his mouth. A front tooth was extracted and through the opening thus provided was given the nourishment that added longer lease of a life that even jmder such conditions was preferable to death. When this came at iatt Yet-ter's Yet-ter's body had the hardness of atom. Detroit Tribune. |