The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-05-30
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From the Providence Journal.
The following accounts of combustion of the
human body are taken from the Emporium of
Arts and Sciences. The facts are well au-
! Intoxicated and accounted for OH philosophi-
/ cal principles.
We read in the transactions of Copen-
hagen, that in 1862, woman of the lower
class, who, for three years had used spirit
uous liquors to such an excess that she
would take no other nourishment, having
sat down one evening on straw chair 10
sleep. was consumed in the nirht time, so
that next morning no part of her was found
but the skull and the extreme Joints of the
fingers; all the rest of her body, says ia
coh9us, was reduced to ashes.
The following extract of the memoir of
of Bianchini, is taken from the Annual
Register for 1868 The Countess Corne-
liza Bandi, of the town Of Cessna, aged 81,
n ems led good state Of health. One even
ness, she retired to bed, and her maid re-
lnui1ictl with her till she fell asleep. Next
morning, when the girl o1ltefed to-aysakeHH
her mist ess, she found nothing but the re-
mains of her body in the most horrid con-
dition. At the distance of four feet from
the bed was heap of ashes, in which
could be distinguished the legs and arms
untouched, Between the legs lay the head,
the brain of which, together with half the
posterior part of the Uranium, and the
whole chin had been consumed three fin
gers were found in the state of coal the
rest of the body was reduced to ashes,
which, when touched, left on the fingers a
fat fptid moisture. A small lamp which
stood on the floor as covered with ashes,
and contained no oil; the tallow Of two
candles was melted on table, but the
wicks still remained, and the feet of the
candlesticks were covered with certain
moisture. The bed was not damaged the
bed clothes and coverlid were raised up
and thrown on one side, us is the case
when person gets up. The furniture and
tapestry were covered with moist kind of
SCOT of the color of ashes, which had PEN
etrated into the drawers and dirted the
linen. The SCOT having been conveyed to
a neighboring kitchen, adhered to the walls
and the utensils. A piece of bread in the
cupboard was covered with it, and no dog
would touch it. The infectious odour had
been communicated to other apartments
The Annual Register states, that the
| Countess of Cessna, was accustomed to
bathe all her body in canphorated spirit~of
wine.
Mary Clues, aged 50, was much addict
cd to intoXication. Her propensity to this
vice had increased after the death Of her
husband, which happened a year and a
half before. For about year, scarcely u
day had passed in the course Of which she
/ did not drink at least a pint frun or aInis-
seed water. Her health gradually declin.
led, and about the beginning of February.
she was attacked with the jaundice and
confined to her bed Though she YVES IN
capable of much action, and not in a con
dition to work, she still continued her old
habit Of drinking every day and smoking q
pipe of tobacco. Tho bed in which she
lay stood parallel to the chimney of the a
partment, and at the distance from it o.
about three feet. On Saturday morning
the 1st Of March, she fell on the floor; and
her extreme weakness having prevented
her from getting up, she remained i'll that
state till some one entered and put her tc
bed. The following night she wished t
be left alone. A woman quilted her al
half after eleven, and according to custom
shut the door and locked it. She had put
on the fire two large pieces of coal, and
placed light in candlsstick on II chain
ut the head of her bed. At half after five
in the morning, u smoke was seen issuing
through the window, and the door being
speedily broke open, some flames which
were in the room were seen extinguished
Between the bed and the chimney were
found the remains of the unfortunate
Cluess-one leg and q thigh were entire
but there remained nothing of the. skin, thC
muscles aud the yiscera. The bones Of Tho
Uranium, the breast the spine, and the 9th
err extremities, were entirely calcined, ant
, covered with whitish efflorescencc. Thu
i people were much surprised that the fur
niturc had sustained so little injury. Th'
side Of the bed which was next 70 thl