The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-03-10
AuDrroa's oFrIcr, scroro cous ry,
Rochester Rapplngs.

Rochester Rapplngs.
FISH AND Fox BOTH CAueHr.-A commu-
nicdtion to the Buffalo Tribune signed by
Charles H. Lee, M. D. exposes the Rappings
as follows. After bring invited by the ID
dies 10 test the truth OF their theory by any
decent" examination, number Of gentle
men and ladies assembled as per invitation,
and proceeded 10 business:
The prriminarirs being arranged We
asked "wh ther the Spirits would o. prs.
ent Il nd communicate with us through the
evening. Alter an interval Of minute
Or so, "raps" wrle heard, and continued in
quick succt ssion Tor SOM time, which Mrs.
Fish declared to be an Affirmative answer.
This was reported several times so that there
would be no mistake us to the willingness
on the part OF the Spirits to accommodate
us. This bring s"ttlrd, Mrs. Fish aud Miss
Fox were requested TO be seated on chairs,
their limbs extended and their heels resting
ON cushions.
The reason for placing them in this posi-
ton were stated, VIZ: That We believe, in
order that the rups should BE- heard. that the
tret should have some solid support Serving
as jutcrum ; else the contrat ton of the
! muscles ol lhr leg would not throw the bone
(head OF the tibidl out Of place rr su, no
soupd would be heard, unless the concus
sion Or vibration which would be thus pro-
duded, could br communicated to some So
noPus or vibrating body. While thus seat
ed more than fifty minutes rlnp pspd, during
wbirh no "rdps" were heard though the
''sy,rlls" were urged aud called upon by Mrs.
F. 10 'maniftst" themselves. A part of
this time. Miss Fox was allowed 10 seat
hers II on the sofa, her limbs and feet rest
ink on The cushions OF the same. NJ sounds
hoy lug been heard, il was suggested that the
ladies De allowed to take any position they
pleased, and sre il any ''raps'' were then
hea ri. Accordingly they seated themselves
on the sola, their 'eet resting on the floor,
Mlkn imm diately loud succession of
''rdps' followed, and continued for several
miDu'es. He then proposed to try another
test 80, sealing ourselves before the Indies,
we gasptl each OF their knees firmly, so as
10 prevent any laterol movement of the
bones; the traps" immediately ceased, and,
were not heard while the knees were thus
held, except near the close OF the experiment
which continued once forty minutes when
two slight sounds were heard, on slightly re.
laxmg my grhsp, while Ut the same time |
distinctly lrlt the heads OF the bones grazing
on each other, anil the muscles cont rdct;na,
which, though ii very positive kind Of eVi-
dence TO mt, am aware is not SO satisldc-
| ry to byslanders.
should state that our hands were re-
moved several times from the knees during
the trial, and traps" werr always hsorl du-
ring the interval OF removal at The close
OF The siling, viii, h continued till past II
O'Clock, Miss Fox was much afflicted and
shed many tears, which excited much sym
pdlhy on the part of som, IF the gentlemen
present. need not add that our position
was tfiumphdntly sustained, an that public
opinion here is now almost universally on
our side. m
0l lha evening of the l6lha pirty of la
dies aud gcntl, IN II met At tue hous, ol Prof,
| g, wlrn Mrs. P. the lady whom we acci-
denlly discovered to have the power Of rap
pring' in her knees was present. During
the evening all the phtnomena oi the "Ro-
chester. Knockings" were produced, The
sound bing exactly similar III character to
ihose produced by the Foxes. | should
state perhaps that the sounds are produced,
moi aslifsl suggested, 10y lht muscles insrrt-
I'd into The upper aud iuner side vi the large
bone oi the lex (lhe libia) near the knee
loint being brought into action SO as TO
ih. ,f III, ks,na
named, lutenlly upon the latter surface ol
the thigh bone, (the Iemor) giving rise 10
partial lateral dislocation," 1 oHrancrtial Ad.
uGrtiser, Feu. lT0 but the partial dislocdion
CONSISTS in The movement OF the tivia out
ward, partly occosioned. believe, BY pres
sure on the foot there being great rclaxdlion
ol the ligamenls about the knee joint; but
chiefly b. the action of the muscles Of The
ltg below the knee. AT eust this is the
lact withngsrd TO Mrs. r., Tor bys placing
the hand on The side Of The joint, the bone
cun beitelt, at the instant thr. loud double
rap is heard slipping out literally, and as
suddenly slipping buck again; although by
anriiort OF The will, it can be mdde to glide
back noislessly. 50 that only crap is heard.
But this can be repeated in pretty rapid sue
cession iora long time, although il rqulres
evidently considerable Practice 10 sltuin
great shillin this new ana hitherto mysleri.
GUS art.
Inrrply to this the girls put in a protest
and invite an craminulioa. They say: Il
AS wedo notf.el willing 10 rest under
the impulatiun Of bsing in,posiers, Ne ars
very WILLING 10 tnlir ~, a nrni{sf ai,A Az