A REMARKABLE BABY

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2328, 23 December 1925, Page 7

A REMARKABLE BABY

BORN LIKE AN OLD MAN. PROCESS OF REJUVENATION. A remarkable story is reported of a London baby who was born with the brain and arteries of a man of eighty and is now being gradually rejuvenated by solar ray and dietetic treatment. The child is now 22 months bid and is the only son of Mr. Joseph Cohen. He was born on Christmas Eve, 1923, with the very rare disease known as “Warens Taysacks.” and, according to this mother, did not cry, grow teeth, or show any signs of normal baby life for a whole year. "He lay absolutely - still for twelve months without uttering a sound,” said Mrs Cohen, “and his body was stone cold even in the summer time. He was just like an old man.” ‘His case was considered so remarkable that he came to be regarded as a curiosity at two of the big London hospitals, whore ho was given up as hopeless. But following a conference by twe.nty.four eminent specialists it was decided to make a final attempt to save his life with solar rays. For three days a week he was plunged into sun baths by Dr. Damoglou, the solar ray specialist, and given a diet composed mainly of orange juice. Milk was absolutely forbidden. Tho two together worked like a miracle; his teeth grew, he began to move, and ho is now waking from his octogenarian dream and becoming more like a baby every day. He now lives almost entirely on grapes, grated apples, and other fruit juices, and he will ‘wake’ Into quite a normal child. He is now be. ginning to cry quite heartily and we encourage him to do so by ‘crying’ ourselves.”