Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-26
strange IIallucinations.

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Tulpin mentions painter who believes
that all tho bones Of his body were 80 sof)
and flexible that they might easily be crush
ed together, or folded With, ono another
like pieces Of pliable wax. A Lusitanian
doctor had patient who insisted that be
was pcrpetually frozen, and would sit before
y great fire even in the dog days. The doc.
tor made him dress Of rough sheep skins,
saturated with aqua vita, and Get him on
fire. lie thcn said he was quite warm,
rather too much so, and was cured. Galen
Avicenra make mention Of people who have
fancicd themselves earthen pots, and there.
fore have carefully avoided being touched,
for fear they should be broken. Then there
il the case Of tho insane matchmaker mcn.
toned by Pinc', who insisted he had been
guillotined and another head had aftcrwsrd
by mistake, been put on his shoulder, in.
stead of his own. ''Look at these teeth. "
he would say mine wore extremely hand,
sometimes are dccaycd. My mouth was
sound and healthy---this is foul. How dif.
ferent is the hair from that Of my own head. y
Mr.. Has!am, IN His work on insanity, men,
tions case Of one who insisted he had no
mouth, and when compelled by force to
swallow, declared wound had been made
in his throat, through which the food had
been introduced. Beuyenuto Cellini, the
celebrated Florentinc artist, in his life, says
that the governor Of the castle in which the
former was confined had periodical disor-
der Of this sort every year he had some
different whim. One time he conceived
himself changed into pitcher Of oil at
another he thought himself frog, and be-
gan to leap ss such, and another time again,
he imagined he was dead, ard il was found
necessary to humor his eonceit by making
show Of burying him.
At length he thought hipsclfa bal. and
when he went to take a walk he sometimes
made Just such a noise as bats do he ike
wise used gestures with his hands and body,
as If he were going to fy. Noseshave been
known 70 be particularly troublesome to
hypochondriscs. One han fancied his nose
was Of lrdicrous length, and consequently
Kept backing of as his friands approached
to hold parlcy with him, fearing that he
should put their eyes Or, II is SAID that
frequently this same deluded possessor Of a
long nose might be seen going along the
street, guiding his uusc with his hand, 7"
keep it from breaking the shop windows
A young man had strong imagination that
he was dead, End earnestly begged hisfiends
to bury him. They consented, by the ad-
vice Of the physician. He was laid on a
bier, and being carried on the shoulders Of
men to the church, when some pleasant fel-
low, up to the business, met tho procession
and inquired who it was. They answered.
And very good job II is" said one Of
them, "for the world is well rid Of a very
bad character, which the gallows must have
had in due course"
The gousg man, now lying dess.. hearing
this, popped up his head and said they
ought to be ashamed Of themselves in thus
traduuing his fair fame, and if he were alive
he would thrash them for their insolence.
But they continued to utter the most dis.
graceful language. His excited temper
could no longer bear it. Up he jumps, they
run, he after them, uhtil he fell down quite
exhausted. He was put in bed the vio-
lent exertion he had gone through promo
ted perspiration and he got well.