The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-06-05

4 Is comp any with few Of our friends, we paid
a visit few days ago, 10 Ms. Girncy lady re-
siding in this county, who rs our eiizeus generally
know. has been ~ siugulaily affected, for a num-
Der Of years. The pathology Other ense is con
tained in the following article fiom the pen ofDr
q. +. Befkley, now ofCaGiz, who visited her four
years age. The Dr. was one OF our company on
the occasion Of the visit mentioned, and after .
minute observation Of the lady's symptoms, ne
pronounced them precisely similar TO what they
I we're when he frsi saw her. Mrs. o. has been
visited BY the scientific and curious Of almost
every parof our county, and, 60 far Ne we can
fean, no one has been able to furnish TcasOaaJis
solution Of her complaint. We have Witnessed
cases, bearing u resemblance to her, but we are
free TO say, We never saw anything before that
gave 1850 iull a conception o[ abe wonderswhchna-
tpe, in her yogaries, works among our species Qs
that of Mrs. d. Wcwil say nothing in regard to
her symp ton now, as Dr.. DerRley las in his
treatise, givena full description OF her case, and
pronounced them unchanged in anypsricular.
a Remarkable Case of Double COn-
sciOEts nsSs-By EB. E. Berkeley, VI. ID.
of C;sdsz 80 Prof. Caldwell.
knowing that you haye paid much atton-
ton to the science Of mental philosophy, |
/ have iaken the liberty tozrouble you with an
imperfect report Of the most extraordinary
cnse Of mental diseRso, perhaps, ever recur.
dcd, at least so far as am informed, in the
history Of our profession.
MFs.N Birney, resident Of this county,
living about sixteen miles from Cadz, the
county scat, married lady, Sged 80 years,
has been tho subject OF neuralgia Of the face
for about II years, she otherwise healthy
woman. About five or six years ago she
grew worse, (provious to having attracted no
particular atlenliun) the disease assuming
a strictly periodical type, returning every Two
woeks-at which times she suffered the most
e&cIuciaing ngony in the course of the Ghh
pair Of nerves Of the right side of the face
After suffering two or three hours in this
way, she not unfrequenlly became sick VI The
stomach, and would vonit and purge All
these symptoms after while subsidinp, she
would become entirely insensible to oil ex>
IcrIal impressions. In this situation slle
would commence preaching in loud mud
clear voice, and continue from Two to three
hours. She would then SINK down as if she
had fniaod, and in fifteen orlwouty minutes
awake without The least knowledge of What
had trnnspired.
She his had these periodical spells Of
Iproachlng for iyo or six years, every two
weeks, regularly; never having missed but
Two or llree times. The novelty of the case
has OF course attracted a great many siran~
gers from nll parts oFthe country, and every
body has had something to say IN regard 10
the matlor--some alleging that ii was all
deception somo that'the woman vas divine.
ny Inspired -other3, that she possessed as
many devils as EEary Mqgdulsnc q
Heating so tnauy and sach contradictory
sta!cnons, determined to visit her myself,
not believing mnch Of @ha,i had heard. =
Accordingly on es' Sunday, tho 18th inst,
her regular day, visited her, IdotelDin-
ed to bo there early in the morning tier
rreaching hour being AT II O'clock. a. NJ. J to
see her 5OtI te(ote sud af,cr performance. II
arrived at the house nj 0 o'clock, anG to my
qualification found was The first TINT had ar
rived No person being present but myself
ard the family, was introduced 10 Mrs. B -
by her husband in private room. She was
sitting in an aitH Chair, suffering alt the ag-
ony Of severe attack Of facial neuralKia Of
the right side, though somewhat dihercntI
Ilo'n most caso3 Of that diaausc. Thdfe wns
no '"Ichtng olthe muscles; great turgescence
of the vessels Of lhe face and neck; musccs
OF Tie mock very tgid eyes very red OK /
ccssvc Intolerance Of light, 50 much 50,
tbat she could scarcely bear TO elevate the
eycds.
She says she feels IN almost insuppouublo
weight, upon her heRd; there IS an abundant
secretion Of saliva, which is altogether from
the right aido OF the mouth. talked with
her for aooni ar hour, OF as long as she VISA
capable of talking. found her very intel !
llgeni woman; she wshed to know if thcro I
was anything lhAi would relieve her. Insked I
her i she bad Undergone any medical treat /
ncat, She said sho hid; tia several cmi, !
noat physicians had given her medicine. -
She had been cnppad her head shaved and t
b'is'cred, ointment Of verairia applied to The
cDnrso Of the nerve, aud all the meet noted
suCh As arsenic, the propara-t
lions OF ifon, DC, given in succession With
out The sleGsl benefit. She thought that un.
dor hetonclroatucnl she had grown worse.
Sho continued to get worse and worse I
from tho time went into the room until a.
bout II o'clock, when her eyes closed and I
she become perfectly insensible to extornoI
impressions. In this situation she commen-
ced talking
She was placed in the Stating postnae in
large room where great number Of ofslraneersI
had collected When she i,sl commenced
talking she appeared To ho choked with n
iro'hy saiiyn-but she aosn cenfed her /
throat, and preached for two hours ard ten
m'naios in a clear and distinct voice-sulIi,
clcntly loud TO be heard hundred Yards
She commences IN tho form Of a prayer, but
soon changes 10 preaching, quoting scripture
very flnently mud giving goxplanatons Some
times her mind 10 wander; and her words are
not placed properly, though this IL seldom
The case. Sometimes her appeals were the
most pathetic and eloquent, ever heard -
The warding you have that she is about TO
conclude is tho FREQ splitting up Of this froihy
saliva. AS soons MS that appoars size filters
md falls over. She continues insensibIe for
fifteen or twenty mianles, all tho time spit
ting up this saliva, thcn slt3 awakts BY
yawnRg like person who had been asleep,
md look about with a vacant stare. Soon
however, sho rogains hor senses, looks
like uny another person, and knows nothing
of what lIl5 trauapred
The most remarkable circumstance con
nocod with this case is, lbatshc can neither
Jna loor NOR. foal J,,s f,,. |