The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-13 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

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Dr. Charles Sumner, of Rochester, N.Y., ceonleree
cates the following particulars of a case, which c':e.e
under his practice, to the Daily Union of that chP,O4
"The subject was a young lady, nineteen year; of
of nervous temperament, very healthy, and the datig'i
of a respectable farmer in Butternuts, Otsego °lin ef
New leerk. She first came to my office ou the 28th
pril, 1853, to have a needle extracted from her left art
which she said 'got in accidentally as she was movios
bundle of capeting."l'his, a medium sized seelln
needle, was soon found and extracted from the leterl:e
side of the forearm, about midway between the wrist:in%
the elbow. In less than a week she called aereifi, sda'neel
she had another needle in her arm. I exerelnkee-,
found deep in the bend of the arm a hard sn'':-Ilced
which proved to be a needle similar to the fir" and
accounied for in a similar meaner. One week after t
ut
six needles were found, deep in the fi sh, wets
three inches from the elbow. On May 29, fourteen vr„
taken out, higher and more on the posterior side of tall
arm ; 30th, seventeen were taken from the Val jaiet
sh ulders. Some of these were superEcial, lYing.r4eb,
under the skin, bat most of them lay deep in Ihe`; of
and a number entirely under the biceps muscle• v°"
,be
large size lay with two-thirds its length Unheeded ih `,(l
brachial artery. One large darning needle was if„
lying directly on the bone at the intersection of the de1,1,0
muscle ; this caused some infl tannation and supeure,ed
which led to its detection. June 4—Twelve were retchlii.
from the left arm, two from the wrist, eleven from tpr
left and one from the right breast. The whole nuatherie;
trace:ed during the mon li:of June was 87; Seetelether'r tbe
October, 21, mostly from the It ft breast and lef side ("tiro
abdomen. About the end of November, 1853, she -at
attacked with violent spasms. These continued abio
three weeks, and subsequently a large number of °hen'''.
were found in all parts of her left side, from the s',-,30
der to the knee. When apparently asleep she sc"diee
converse with her mother, and tell her where the nee be
might be found, but when awake she could eeldeolo6
induced to speak of them. Also, when in this sleep of
or somnamhulic state she was entirely unconsciou•the
pain. While cutting through deep muscle, or iPtiou
most sensitive parts, we never could perceive a flit
indicative of feeling (a number were extracted to be
sleeping state) : on the coetrary, when aveakeeeeete
experienced acute pain, even from the lease inc,;"lebe
Fr, m January, 1854, no needles were fouud WILD liell
middle of the following summer, when she resorted teaP„-eb.
cutting off the heads, and thrusting them into the Bpd
Subsequently she used hair'.pins, either straightene", eel
put in whole, or the broken halves. These were 'ielleee
deep in the large muscles of the thigh. Several P'ileg,
of wire and parts of the largest size of knitting heSe oh
nearly five inches in length, were found lying diree",hol6
the bone of the thigh on the anterior side.- The
number extracted was—of sewing needles, 297, and
were of all sizes ; pins, 67 ; darning needles, 41er,
hairpins, five ; knitting needles and wire, each to
total, 383. Almost every means has been resorted that
find the reason for so strange a fancy ; but nothing jog
yet developed it. She is firm in her denial of kled:00
when, how, o why she it ; simply saying, "Iteie
he that I dot t, for I know no one else does" —O5O
perfectly sine on every other subject." [a. eineillerg-rke
occurred about twenty years ago at Farringdon, -e
shire.]
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TEE STRIKE OF THS HAND LOOM" WE'

OF DROGHEDA.
DROGHEDA., March 10 —A meeting of ma.4istratescr:rt
held at the. Tholsel on Saturday evening last, for thesfbat
pose of taking into consideration whether any and escel
additional police force was necessary to protect the roo in
while the weavers' strike (by which it is said huboorl
2,000 hands were thrown idle) continued in the
and vicinity. There were present—Thomas Carttiwara
Minor; _Henry B. Coddington, John Chadwick, Pi." dot
Atkinson. William Cairnes, and Christopher °rheas
Esqrs , justices ; Sub Inspector Corry of the Drogoo
Constabulary, and Sub-Inspector Evans, of Duleek;
also in attendance. Sub-Inspector Evans reinarke"'o,4ll
he was called upon that morning to send an escort had
a weaver in his district, which he did. No assault pike
been committed, but he could not siy what migh;„ the
place. Sub Inspector Corry stated, that in addition toloothirty men under his command at Drogheda he wrauteen, the
This force he did not mean to say was required '''sor.
borough, but for the protection of the peac a of °l east of
rounding districts in the county, south side, where rn Tiie
the intimidation and violence had already occurred. ovide
Mayor remarked that the magistrates should Pr both
only a sufficient force and use their influence with coins
the manufacturers and operatives at the same time Vuraed
to some amicable arrangement. The meeting adrazain
over to yesterday (Monday), when the magistrates under
assembled to determine the best course to pursue and it
existing circumstances. They sat for some /lours' olice
appears they were of opinion that no additlooal
force was necessary for the borough or district. as the
ever resolution they passed I am unable to say' corer°
meeting was not open to the press. The manull3losvi6
concerned were present at this meeting. Tae it
proclamation appears to day on the walls :
" PROCLAMATION. „r; tO 11!
" Tholsel, March 9th, 1857.—Whereas it aPPe—„ertatri
that violence and intimidation are exercised 11 "at the
weavers, who are unwilling themselves to worli
gra pot
rate of wages which many others are willit4 but .en se
allowed to accept—we are anxious it should be ais as
widely as possible, that violence or intimidati°, weal!
offence against the laws, and that as far as posse who °e
determined to punish to the utmost any party.
epotert'
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be found to offend by threats or assaults, and 8. TißbZ
tion to all parties willing to exercise their undollb:ted
of working at such terms as they may agree to.

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