Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-10-05

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near srx--I now do myself the plsa
.,,re Is giye yen an account Of 2 very sIn,
|s sa, case. Possibly you may have met
q, +. some ching analogous t. it ~ yout|
esearcI,es, but g far as ny inquire, e. :,
nave sxtenied, il ID withouta pafaile1|
M william Reynolds, bis WIT. ano
ch;l,lren. 4 respectable tainllys original
az c;t;z,.,,s az Birininghani, in ~ = Tifaiii.
Settled ID tbs vicinit rot Oil Greek sweI 9
yS.Ssye,. s,i,essfaan this village; ~ the
|;,ssas 17oz: Miss Mary reynolds, one ol
| IL tl:,api.ters, i worthy yodng lady, & an
|innsate the famil j Of her brother, ON,
tRevnosds, Esd. oae OF my nearest ps.s'rl
Ibo.irs is tie sibjeot Of tins consInu.l lca-
ltiion. ui,o,s which shall be happy to- s 6
nam, :a,l,imas!versisns. For five year. she
II,as Inhibited the phenomenon OF a persct'
vested aitha two fad consciousness, oi
Inore definitely, with two dlstlncl COR
sciousnesses'
i. bccas,e acquainted with Mi :
REYNOLDS, soon afsernly removal to, this
mace, IN May, 1915. when she was 10 ts,f
exercise ofhenoigiaal CONSCIOUSNESS, TIE
Hast evening of which she spent at ny
honse. fhe following evening, ! was al
her Wotherss. where there was cons
EIera,biies company, Of which :sse was olle
lsro "a nv surprise, when spOke 70 her SHE
had al knowleS sc OF me, was, there
lf.re. Introduced to her anew My Gu
|rissity vas excited, and II was gfatifiess
lbv history fhsf singular cas-, %! which
You will please tosaecept the subsequcn5
concise patrstive. q
After arriving at adalt age, she wa
| eas;onaiFy afflicted with fits; but Of
what particaIar technical name | have
n5s been allie satisfactorily to aseerz
gtain.
III fbc spsfng Of 1871 i, she had very
severe visitation If this kind. Her frame
was greatly consulsesi, and she was ext
ltremely III for several days, when her
sight and bearing left her, insompch that
, she became totally blind and deaf. Dur.
lihg twelve weeks, from the time Of the ii
lTlen,ioned, she contf,ued ii q very fee.
lble state !; but, at the end OF ise weeks,
1.-The use If her visual and auditory iacul-
ties was perfectly restored. A MORE re-
rAarkabie disposition of Providence,
lbnwpver. awaited her.
A little before the expiration of the
twelve weeks, one morning when she a
woke, she appeared to hare lost all. re
|eollection Of every thing, IN 4 manner
.lshe ever knew. misunderstanding with
! an imperfect knowledge Of speech, re.
lmamed; but her father, mother, brothers
sisters, and neighbors, were altogether
strangers to her. She had fUrSotten thu
'luse Of written language, and did moi
Aknow a single letter Of the alphabet, BOZ
Ihow to discharge the duties of any dolnes
Tie employment, more than a new bern
babe. She, however, presently began t.
REGAIN va nus kinds Of knowledge. -
1 she continued Eve weeks in this way
lwhen suddenly she passed from this Sc
cond state, as for dictipctionsit may De
calsed, into her iirst. All CONSCIOUSNESS
4 ofthe five weeks Just elapsed, was total
Ily gone, and her original consciousne 4
was fully restored.
Now the cloud, which had oversprea,l
lher mental hemisphere, was d,ssipatedf
Her kindred anu friends were at once re-
lcagnised, Every kind OF knewieuse,
(which she hadever acquired. was as much
at her command, as at any former period
lof her life but OF the tine, and Of all
leyents which had TRANSFERRED during ne'
second state, she had not the most as
itantidea. :