The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-29
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IN. NEEDING Girl orHainauit.

The bleeding Gtrl ofhainauit'
From the N. Y. Times.
A new wonder has turned up in Bel
aiun. But little while ago We recorded
the marvellous exploits Of a fasting girl in
wales. Sill later, national pride wGs
entitled by the advent OF n wondrous
Prophecies in Louisville. The young lady
whose fame now rcsounds from Hainault.
however, is n h,ore astounding person
thsn either. In fact, no more inexplica-
bic case than this Of Louise Lateaus has
probsbly ever been known. Her peculiar
accomplishment, is not 10 fast, or TO pro-
ohesy. but to bleed. This she does in the
most profuse and unprovoked manner, and
every effort TO find out how she docs il has
hitherto failed. The investigation has
not been confined TO the ignorant or SUI
per,ti,ious. II is asserted that the ablest
flemish physicians have been bafiled in
their attempts TO discover the cause of the
Young womans sanguinary proceedings;
and certainly the account Of DR.. Day, Just
publshed in MdcmiUdn's Magazine, may
well stsgger the most incredulous.
The published history Of Louise Lateau
offers the customary attestations of the
purity and simplicity of her character.
public confidence Is always bespoken, and
doubt disarmed, by elaborate assurances
of the rectitude and guilelessness Of the
new wonder. Hence we are not surprised
At being told that for the first seventeen
years OF her life Louise was an uucommon-
" good little girl, and no one ever knew
her 10 fb, pilfer, or even TO firt. In 1915,
she, having for short time been out 10
service, fell into i'll health. For month
she seemed On the verge Of the grave. At
this juncture began her extraordinary per-
formances. One Friday morning a slender
rivulei Of blood began TO trickle from
her left side. After while it ceased, but
on the next Friday blood oozed from the
upper surface Of her feet. On the third
Friday it came simultaneously from side
feet and hands. A few months after blood
came also from her head and now, by
the latest accounts, she "presen;s
every Friday-and on Fridays only
An awful sort OF image Of the
bleeding form Of Christ on the
cross Cataleptc symptoms accompany
this exhibition. The young woman goes
at eight o'clock in the morning into n spe-
cies Of trance. In this, she says, she be-
holds In vision the scene Of the Passion.
Tears roll down her checks, but now and
then she smiles in ecstscy. She is insens-
ible to all outward sights or sounds, and
remains unmoved by even very strong
electric shocks. Until o'clock in the
day she remains in coma, blood appearing
constantly as described. She then leaps
up with bound, falls into cold sweat,
has rattle in her throat, and an impel-
ceptible pulse, and seems on the point Of
death. Nevertheless, she RECEIVERS in
about fifteen minutes, and then remains in
her usual state until the following Friday.
When news began TO spread of this
strange affair, crowds Of people naturally
began 70 Aock TO witness it, The Roman
Catholic clergy Of the neighborhood. q,
clans. One Of these, Lafebore, has give,
great attention 70 the case, and has printe
. monograph Of it, This gentleman hi
been for two years medical staff OF tw
lunatic asylums, and is likewise Il pr
fessor in Louvain University. His repoI
il examined at length by DR.. Day. and q
latter has received note from DR.. LAT,
bore, stating that as lately US the middl
OF January, the condition Of Louise la
teau remained unchanged. His expert
hachts uase pccH huIrtTOus ana interest
ing. He scrutinizcd the place from wheel
the blood exuded with a microscope. anC
found that on those places the epidermi
10 very thin, so that the true skin can b,
seen through it. When the bleeding
is going TO begin, little bladder appear
on the spots, filled with a trans
parent reddish fluid. A rent presently
takes place in the cuticle, the Serious faid
escapes, and the blood begins to ooze from
the surface Of the exposed papi!ioe within.
The quantity Of blood often amounts 10
nearly quart. Pending its dow, the doc
tor repeatedly tickled Louises nose with
feather, made her smell ammonia,
pricked her with needle. and passed n
strong electromagnetic current alon, her
arm. All this the cir! invariably bon
without the least sign Of uneasiucss ar
even OF feeling. DR.. Lefebore carefully
wrapped her hands in strong, well-stitcLed
leather gloves drew them tightly AT The
wrists, sealed tho strings, and ,bcn
watched the result. This wa. simnlv
thst the loves, when taken of, were flied
with blood. In brief this physieisn and
oihers seei totally unable, however awk-
Ssrd may be any different sssumptiop. IA
declare that the girl is consciously an I'm.
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