The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-05-04
A Living Snake In u VvOnlan's =
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A Living Snake In u WOnsan's 4
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The report for some time current ia
Wooster, that there was a woman in
the Wayne county iu6rmary, two
miles from the city, who had living
snake in her stomach, has created
considerable commrni and excitement
II was generally regarded as a seusa
sation story, gotten up 10y some NOR.
bid'miuded or highly imaginative
person, to quiver the muscle Of the
strong, aud trill the nerves of the
weak.
But there is no hnmbug about It
An unfortunate woman is now in the
in6rmary with living snake in her
stomach, ofthe truth Of which there
is the most abundant proof to con-
vince the most skeptical We visited
the infirmary last Saturday for .hc
purpose of obtaining the facts, that
We may give our readers a correct ro.
laiions OF this truly remarkable case,
for the particulars Of which We &c.
knowledge the courtesy of Miss
Sbamp, and A. 4. Twenty, superin-
tendcnt Of the inGrmary.
The poor womau's name is Mrs Hat
tie Lands. She is twcn'y-three years
of age. She is a citizen of this country
and formerly resided in Wooster, anl
was brought here from tho Richmond
county infrmary five weeks ago. For
six years she has been subject to con-
vulsions Of the severost character,
which thus far the best medical skill
has been unable to suppress.
At Canton and Haesville, Ohio,
we understand the doctor could DO
nothing to relieve her. and at Phila
delphia she was under the care OF
two of the most eminent physicians,
without beneicisl results.
In person, Mrs lands is OF medi.
um height, slight and delicate. her
wan features, exhibiting sad evidences
of the reptiles nalign influences upon
her nervous system. She has spasms
every day, and sometimes rs many as
twenty.
During each convulsion she becomes
entirely unconscious. Her body
writhes and struggle, in agony her
face grows black from suffocaiion hel
eyes distepd almost to bursting, and
turn in their sockets her tongue
stiaens and protrudes from her mouth
and the demon Of snake twists, with
Shiny folds up her throat into hOl
mouth, wrapping itself around the
root Of her tongue, and darting ii
head out and IN Of her mouth with
the rapidity Of lightning-like the
tongue Of q snake out ola snake
m outh-and then squirms down hel
throat, when the spasm subsidies.
The sight has been witnessed b.
many persons, and pronounced fear
ful aud shuddering thing to behold. l
has protruded its body as much oI
three inches, is black in color and a
thick as lady's index finger, aDt
those who have seen it say there is no
dou bt but that is either snake or al
eel. 1t does not appear every tim'
she has q spasm, but generally iu thos,
she has from 6 to 10 o'clock in tn
svening. . ... -.f- ..tl.
The woman eats voraciously, With
out receiving apparent benefit, foI
within five minutes Of partaking Of
liberal meal, shO suffers the panss o
hunger, and is ravenous for food. I
cat sour pickles, csbbaae, or anything
Of an acid nature evidently throws
the animal into paroxisms as, whe'
such are taken, It makes the creates
disturbance aud Immediately shows II
self in her throat aud mouth. II We
first observed in q oouvulsion she ha
afior eating some pickle. The uuhap
lpy woman has no idss whom or whsr