Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-01
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Tulpins mentions a painter who verify
believes that all the bones in his body were
so soft and flexible that they might easily
be crushed together, or folded one within
another, like pieces of pliable wax.
A Lusitanian had patient who insisted
that he was perpetually frozen, and would
sit before great fire even in dog-days.
The Portuguese doctor made him dress
Of rough sheep-skins, saturated with aqua
vitae, and set him on fire. He then said
he was quite warm, rather too much so, and
so was cured.
Galen and Avicen make mention of peo-
pie who have fancied themselves earthen
pots, and therefore have carefully avoided
being touched, for fear they should be
broken. -.--
Then there is the case of the insane
matchmaker mentioned by Pinel, who in
sisted that be had been guillotined, and
that another head had afterward, by mis-
take, been put on his shoulders, instead of
his own. "Look at these teeth" he would
say, 'mine were extremely handsome
these are decayed. My mouth was sound
and healthy-this is foul. How different
is the hair from that Of my own head"
Mr.. Haslam, in his work on insanity,
mentions the case of one who insisted that he
had no mouth, and when compelled by
force to swallow, declared that a wound
had been made in his throat, through which
the food had been introduced.
| Benevenuto Cellini, the celebrated Flo
rentine artist, in his life, says that the Gov
ernor of the castle in which the former was
confined had periodical disorder of this
sort; every year he had some different
whim. One time he conceived himself
changed into pitcher of oil; another time
again he imagined he was dead, and it
was found necessary to humor the conceit
by making show of burying him. At
length he thought himself bat, and when
he went TO take a walk he sometimes made
| just such a noise as bats do; he likewise
used gestures with his hands and body, as
if he were going to; fly. .
Noses have been known to be particularly
troublesome to hypochondriacs. One man
fancied that his nose was Of q ludicrous
length, and consequently kept backing off
as his friends approached to hold parley
with him, fearing that he should put their
eyes out. 1t is said that frequently this
same deluded possessor of q large nose
might have been seen going along the
street, guiding his nose with his hand, to
keep it from breaking the shop windows.
| II young Luhu udu u 5bIOug luuBluhJlOu
that he was dead, and earnestly begged his
friends to bury him. They consented, by
the advice of the physician. He was laid
upon bier and carried upon the shoulders
of men to church, when some pleasant fel
low, up to the business, met the procession
and inquired who it was; they answered
HAnd very good job it is" said one o
them, "for the world is very well rid of &
very bad character, which the gallows mus
have had in due course" The young MAI
now lying dead hearing this, popped hi
head up and said they ought to be ashamed
of themselves in thus traducing his fai
fame, and if he was alive he would thrasl
them for their insolence. But they con
tinued to utter the most disgraceful Ian
guage. Flesh and blood could no longe
bear it; up he jumps, they run, he afte
them, until he fell quite exhausted. He wa
put to bed; the violent exertion he ha
gone through promoted perspiration, anC
he got well.