, 1869-11-21
TWEETYpEE MONTHS OF ST.
LENCE.
From Au&h4 Year Round.

1t happened on Z summer evening, now soule-
i oeItaln regiment OF high standing, then quar-
tefed II Chatham, wns engaged In his surgery in
making come experiments Of chemical sort,
came 10 ipe door and dos.red to hAve speech with
him. THIS man Vas = pfvasa. Joh1 StrnuR BY
name. lately elliated and not 1eMa.kab1e hitherto
n having In any xaJ shown htmseli to be dtdeE-
ent from tho ee8t Of the rank and Ole OF the corp6
Lie bad cone to the doctor, he said, to complain
ove1. u he dctc1bed ii; could not settle down to
any occupation; was hot and cold by tutus; had
pains all over hia body snd Limbs: md was Alto
ali this, and after having recourse to the usual
pulse. feeling and tonRuc-inspecting formula, the
doctor wroie the man m order for admission 10
diately, rromised 10 visit him when be nade his
usaa Hnunch the nfst thing next morning.
at ae Is %aom Sn sSe @e M 0
CALI Df CuEZon, went to tho indrmary. and made
bis way 70 Tho bedside OF the new patient, expect-
attack, OF some other trthnK a,lueut, which tiay
or twoH quiet md dose Of medicine, would
The surgeon approached the bed, vas eren more
encouraging Than he had expected and Ds. Cur
xon WAS on tue point Of Rtylog him his views on
the subject Of false A:aIms when, happening TO
look 1ere attennveiy =. the patient tnan be uad
done before, be observed that Private Strong vas
Gesucu!atnx IN : very extraordinary manner, and
rtety Of strange and unear1hlJ contort!ons, ~ il
In IN Intellectual attempt to utter some azsiculate
soTnas s; ~ which woaa 10, come forth On s1aa
cd that sheet Of paper sas lying on bis breast,
on which was written the Following inscription:
~ nase e aad a. IN tho hight and have lost the
D.. curzon had been an army surgeon for many
long year, and had come in contact win NUN
~ seas q aess xs sas aSs se1 e. oess
H. a some Ds q sasn had, to e@ua'eata rs eTa
how others had scratched raw places on theif
lmbe, ana bound over them peuny.p:eecs Ito the
assa q tie Cd eSnpsr co!Ds9s Or esen rubbed
In order to make such aDFaa!ous resemble sotea OF
dangerous and incurable sort Then, besides,
most wonderful examples Of fe!en.ng in the mat
ter Of ditease. such stimulation being sometimes
lis suoss b.
with the desire Of attracting aitentioa and win
ming k1nd OF renown. Among men this stuu-
ta1y phrMe-iBresos1edto to With specific Intention.
selves tays GAVIN % FeiSned Diseases @ara s ID.
@andue eeer @ Woald dae t. aanct sam fnu;
a soldief for period Of eighteen 1noaths
AIMS reached within Two Inches OF the Rro7nd.'
In another discharge WIS 70 eagerly coveted
that man had hts arm ano through to obtain It p
tzeme dnnenl'y of getting hold Of any evidence by
81 he ma s;1 saonsn s r,uen taas
which 4. perhaps, conducive 10 the harmony of
the nas1aek.rooIn. but which, By preyen1tnR The
esas ne 6 M ossc. s. sSs y
ahhoEFecec. rraders It extremely dicncult To oo-
tain an accurate Knowledge Of the various means
itJ proclaira that he has no doubt that methods
b2Se been a3sttmAttzed for Stimulating disease,
.r sT fS Il
be inclined 10 make tI1al Of them
N. Curron questioned The other occupants Of
Wnsa 1ood one caen sc o .ns q
seen or heard anything Of this seza.e OF 1t 81
tscked IN The night Not one Of them me say
had ere. really been the victim of such . sctz-
thought Il necessary TO datutb his compan.
ions; which. even supposrng duubaea 70
Il stses, he N ss, essiy a.ro de0s ' ;Se -ey
thrt Of his having Inscribed the particulars Of his
casc upon the paper which the doctor found lying
ss.sion Of ii als osSer faculties. ~ ~ f'9
| Dr. Curzcu proceeded re1t 70 subject the pa-
Vent 9,m:ea 70 re3 searching 81 exsuin.s,Sn
! man "a 10. profess to be deaf As well Is dumb
| and eade him " n 1ealt 70 utter some KIND Of
so' s,o9nd' more or les. azua'ate, Il answer;
"a much Intellectual opentns md shutting ei: 81 tSs
H. zee, 81 "a. to
I
certsin whether there was-aa might certainly
have been e1pectcd-any loss OF power tn con.
nsstaon With any other of the fsealties. No !nea
| y fealthfnl and vigorouh and mol only Ms 70,
but looted 70. Lasdy, DR.. cufzoa proceeded 70
enE1Ee IN aprolonEed scrutiny Of the mAn' vocal
cEords, using m Instrument made expressly for
| me porpose o. such e1sn1nattoa&s aJ tucAos OF
which the Interior Of the theat II exposed to the
VIEW q The INVESTIGATOR. 1nn pfuceedfnE, how
~. ssfopRs Foeal chords were, n tar ~ external
appearance vent, 10 much the s2ne condition -
thoae ol Other people. Tha examination orer, Dr.
Cnt.on LEFT bis patient for ttune. entertaining :
csse Of shsmmrg. and leaving directions with ait
tnose Who Eere l0ely to come ID contact with tho
o1mo man to ktep tzaa{p lockout
ren1atned-asfsr - the 9ttetance Of any AssculA1e
sound rent-helmeiically scaled Not Qua Of those
abont him could beuaJ him into speech. nor
Eas he eser heard to nnsses any worl os 1ntenlEt:
bic sound IN nia aieep. E1per!nents Of Il! Kinds.
which the body and the mind were anke address,
| led. ware eted. Tho doctos-a man Of g7ea: re-
| wake the nan suddenly, In The middle OF tha
night and make him &C. ont Of bed to attend pa-
sleuts who needed Aaaiata1ce, addressing him It
taaa moment n! of saadeu EaHnx a m wiM some
however, p!ooI against these sudden surpr1ses and
WIS quite hlmself eTen when thus abruptly Aroused
gos ont Of him. Plenty Of sra1,cn1A.on, aousdani
| evidence o. attention, and : cltAr comprehension
Of uhat was required OF him: but no speech.
u.n ooo9 fop tspe aS Se dsp.,ea q
ho would IN thai condition Be brought 10 Say somc-
thing uo1e OF lesa lntelu&tbss. lie determined to
ior1n, and ~ VIA. ooon be aons Wia him tneo.
| TIE ehtoteam wa4 applied aeoosdtngtys but tho
| naan hJ fee1sunc. orSf. IL Application at all aud
| ing Il, n10ssed 10 daiess iAe doesor1 edntu IL
aa Inc. 70 doctor het,tattnz 70 lncar tna rAk
NJ nj tA<n nyrHf1n ~ RftEN