Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-02-11
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,,.,U,oz Han Tisits the Hon,an aclto
-a'1,,d '%,xted Food for T,oenty months
'a a.noudent of the Utica Herald who
:, s'ii himself "Medicus,0 gives Il the follow
p ..nnnt al of recent visit to the woman
Ssster, % Warren county, who has not
C1t Sod for twenty months:
e. el.0ru ,vy Prsrious-Her name is Betsy
Hs"s .sative of this State, aged 27, is
@ Of a nervo-sanguine temperament;
'Fsu fs.sditary disease known of in her an
ns' Her husband states that she al
= y, ,epoyed good health until three years
gr hsn she was seized with fit, which
VI: H. description, | should say had been
% D. n' eonrulsive form of hysteria. These
ulJ I,;ons continued to increase in sever
H'u ~ the diseases incident to this con-
" S' suneryening, until June 4, 1856,
y sbe he fell into state of complete un-
~ ansness, s from which she has never
.rnused Since this time she has par
If nothing excepting little lemon
IN February, 1857, and since then
s,ng. ne not excepting water. This her
s I.nd has given his affidavit to, and
s,ismen % whose veracity cannot be ques-
u have watched her for weeks, and
54;fr TO the same fact.
i Present. C0aditjon-Patient when not in
nrnIsions. lies in state of complete opis-
(a.onos with the head SO much fexed
|, ,be forehead, instead of the occiput,
Runies the pillow the left arm is fexed
] tbs elbow and wrist, with the back of
hand resting upon the stomach it has
/ been removed from this position since
H. 1856; there is constant and severe
IrIlsiye movements in one or the other
apders; mouth open, with a constant
H. movement of lower jaws color, heat
moisture of surface is natural; the
fle muscular system of the extremities
. n state of tonic-spasm; little or no
|ciatiOn-tongue, mouth and faucits ap-
natural.
a the senses except smelling seem to
|bliterated, while this is morbidly acute,
much 50 that the smell Of food of all
4 Is. perfumery, and in fact anything
|Tng an Odor, will induce the most vio-
commissions and excite severe efforts at
Isis; the pupil of the eye presents the
Earance usually found in amaurosis the
l. is well developed, and from its shape
bid judge the lungs to be fully inflated;
,ercussion of the chest, a resonance
her than in health is observed over all
b. by auscaltation, no respiratory or
latory murmur is heard upon the clo-
examination; the minute, air cells
to be filled with air, so completely as
low none to enter the average number
SEPARATIONS are one ounce in eight min
/; and when she does respire, it is with
|ayulsive motion, similar to one trying.
atch his breath"
Fnm examination | should judge the
Vas confined to the larger bronchial
i, and did not enter the air cells, hence
Fat act on the blood she is stated to
Esbeen sixty-two minutes without breath
The heart occupies its normal posi-
md is of natural size it acts violent
F feebly; is intermittent, varying from
alS0 beats per minute there is a loud
|Sng sound between the first and second
nt of the heart, SO it is with difficulty
ntural sounds are distinguished (; the
\ can be seldom felt at the wrist; the
Eaen is perfectly fucid, so that the
rslrc Of the spinal column are easily
nted through its hulls.
raeh are some of the abnormal condi-
pot this trnly wonderful woman