Minnesota weekly times., 1857-04-11

to the amount OF 81, 600 ,000 1t seems to us that
this is quite pile to be owned by class OF be-
ings who shave no rights which white men are
bound to respect, but may be bought and sold as
merchandise" & 1a ~ tessottf
Extraordinary Case Of Needle -uan,a-rhres Hun
dred and Eighty Needles Extracted frsm the
Flesh Of Lady, and She still Lives.
The public were interested some time ago by
an account Of lady in Otsego county, n. T.,
who has endeavored TO make herself sort Of
pincushion. Dr.. Sumner, who attended her,
has lately removed to Rochester, New, York,
and furnishes the Union Of that city With the fol.
lowing account Of the case. The following is
his statement: arei aAa
Some three or four years since, there aoated
through the newspapers, in various sections
brief notice Of a remarkable case Of neede.,''
between one or two hundred having at that time,
been extracted from the BODY of = young lady.
Like other accounts, which are tinged With the
marvellous. this notice attracted much attention.
and l was frequently called upon to verify the
relation by . full history Of the case. Al the
''6nis' is apparently reached, few notes, COL
lected by s.the way" may not be embarrassing TO
the general reader, though the minute details
more particularly belong TO medical journal.
The subject was young lady, nineteen years
OF age, OF nervous temperament, very healthy,
and the daughter of respectable farmer, in But.
ternutts, Otsego county, N. Y. She 6rst came to
my Office, April 2s,h, 1858, to have needle alb.
stracted from her left arm, which she had rot in
accidentally a. she was moving bundle of car
pet rags. This, "a medium sized sewing needle)
was soon found and extracted from the anterior
side OF the forearm, about midway between the
wrist and the elbow. In less than week she
called again, saying she had another needle in
her arm. examined and found deep in the
bend OF the arm, hard substance, which proved
to be needle similar to the first, and accounted
for in similar manner. One week after this.
the arm was very much swollen, painful, and
presented the appearance of malignant erysipelss.
which continued about six days.
After the Inflammation and swelling had subsi.
dsd, elk needles were found deep in the flesh,
about three inches from the elbow. May 10Th.
fourteeB were taken out higher and more on the
posterior side OF the arm. Both, seventeen were
these were superficial, lying just under the skin.
hot most Of them lay deep in the Aesh and q num-
Der entirely under the biceps muscle. One of a
large size, lay with two.thrds its length ,mbed-
ded in the brachial artery. One large darnine.
needle was found lying directly On the bone, at
the insertion Of the deltoid muscle; this caused
some inflammation and supparation which led to
sse ~osoos.ous 0uno ssus tWoNe were rom0vou
from the left arm, two from the wrist. eleven
from the left and two from the right breast. The
whole number extracted during the. month of Ju.
| ~ was eighty-seven. September ten: Octobsr
| twenty y-eight mostly from the left, breast and
left side Of the abdomen. A'1c - u ~
About the last of November, 1853 she was A..
tackled With violent spssms. These continued
Tor three weeks and subsequently . large number
OF needles were found IN all parts OF her left aide
from the ,efs shoulder 10 the knee. When anna.
rently asleep, she would converse with her moth.
sr, and tell her where the needles might be found
but when awake she could ssdou. be induced TO
| speak OF them. Also, when in this sleeping or
somnanbulic state, she was entirely unconscious
OF pain. While outing through deep muscles or
IN the most sensitive parts, We could never per.
ceive motion indicative Of feeling, "a numoer
were extracted 10 this state the contrary, when
awake, she experienced acute pain, even from the
| least ipcisiop, .3A@Ai'
From January, 1854, no needles werc found
until tho middle Of the following summer, whom
abe res0rted to pins, cutting of the heads and
thi iusting them into the aesh. Subseouently she
used hair pins, either Strengthened OF put in hole
or the broken halves. These were found deep in
the large muscles Of the thigh. Several pieces
of wire snd parts Of the largest sise of knitting
needles, nearly i've inches in length, were found
tying directly on the bone Of the thigh on the an.
terror side. These were put in two or three inch.
e. above the knss, pushed upwards IN Ter the
hesh, and detected BY the discharYs Of . l,ssle
matter at the point Of insertion. a few needles
and pins We found It intervals till December Is,
1856, when extracted six needles and three pins
--sil OF which had lain in the aesh q long time;
some OF them more than year. These were the
last found, and it il hoped BY Ill her friends that
there will be no rscurrsnce OF 20 strange mania.
The whole number extracted was, Of sewing
needles 206-and these Of all sises--pins G.,
dsrniug needles 4, hair pins S, kn,tsins needles
and wire, each S. Total, 3e3. Great efforts vera
made on the part Of the family 70 desecs her in
The acs ct inssrsing the needles, but In vain. i
vss asossssinsd b eouparison thss uost of shsm
were taken from . bog Of nesdlss which had lain
IN TIE house long time. This wss rex ovsd, bus
she continued 20 nee the same kind, evidently
stou supply ssessesd aboes tAs premises. al.
mes every means hss sbsso escorted %, % dad
thersasoa for % strange fancy. bus noihinS has
yet developed L. She u 6rm in her denisi Of
knowing when, how Of Why she did il, simply
saying, "It nuss b thst doit, for iknow no one
else does." She i psrfsosly sans upoa ssery 9th.
e nejece. Althonfh ~ e8ses upon hsr general
ase!sa hss ben bsd, yse during thsss years Of
sasHinG che has esa~slly performed - sceus.
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