A brief account of the life of John Chambers : a man born without hands or arms.

Date:
[between 1880 and 1889?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A brief account of the life of John Chambers : a man born without hands or arms. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    He is one of a family of six, and both his parents are still living. This strange freak of nature is fully accounted for by a sudden shock his mother received some months before his birth. In explaining this more fully, we cannot do better than re-print the account as it appeared in the Lancet, on the 19th October, 1850, written by Mr. R Davies, M.R.C.8. “ LAMENTABLE EFFECTS OF MENTAL EMOTION OF THE MOTHER ON THE FCETUS iN UTERO ” Jo the Editor of the Lancet. u Sir,—The question whether the mental emotions of the mother can influence the ehild in utero has been debated from time immemorial, some arguing for and others against it. That such was the popular opinion in very ancient times we learn from the 80th chapter of Genesis, in which we are informed that Jacob, in order to render the cattle striped, speckled, and spotted, placed peeled