ExrHAoaDlrARY M MALroHMArIoE. We were
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ExTRAoRDINARYM YMALFoRMATIoF.-We M were
informed yesterday of the most extraordinary
freak of nature we have ever had occasion to
record, being the birth of "a living child with the
heart outside of the chest. This remarkable
phenomenon in the history of human nature
is an absolute and indisputahle fact, however
unlikely it is to meet with credibilty on the part
Of the public. The heart is entirely outside Of
the body, and destitute of any pericardium /;
thus even without this natural protection it is
protruded from the external surface Of the
chest, which, at that point, bears mark re
sembling cicatrix, as il the flesh had been
opened, the heart pulled out, and the wound
suffered to grow up again. Each pulsation
OF course can be distinctly observed, and the
whole natural action of this delicate organ is
made visible to the immediate investigation of
the eye. The facts above stated reached us by
accident, but so incredible did they seem, that
special inquiry was made in relation to the
matter; the attending physician in the case, we
understand, was DR.. VIM. Riley.


Bultin,ore Sun.