Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-19
.MALINGERING.

of Stimulating disease, with
escape some irksome duty,
hiliarly known as ''malinger-
|curiOus examples are related.
al qualities necessary in a good
te acute powers of observation,
mimicry, some knowledge of
lure, and a great tenacity of
the last named quality is
e only one to which
pn type of malingerer can
To assume Il simple role
bility to hear, or articulate, or
B, and doggcdly to stick to it,
face of the plainest exposure
!, is all that he considers nee
b the higher class Of practition-
buch more enlightened and am
\ Of the requisites of their art.
I'm eyince d power of observing
er manifestations of disease
FL not discredit a practitioner
lling art, joined to faculty of
Pitch would enable them at
b 4 livelihood in some depart
isTioniC art. As a rule, over
(be common aesthetic vice of
/ The sham paraIytic, though
b difficulty in protruding his
turn it a trif1e too much TO
fhe spurious lunatic will be
Consequential in his ideas and
e counterfeit deafmute fails
Recognize the loudest sounds.
+ vibrations of the sound-wave
|. striking a resonant body on
Ry be standing, to which a
Pc is never insensible. But
tle to render characteristic
T. particular maladies with re-
1eilty. One of the most ex-
cases Of successful stimulation
one which, despite modern
detection, occurred in recent
artist, who, up to last year,
tnt inmate in one Or other of
hospitals, visiting some of
'han once, showed his conf
his OWL powers by
Pne of the most difficult
fSented in the whole
sease; To feign paralysis of
the body, which he frequent
50 uncommon a thing; but
part was tetanus, a condition
Z muscles are thrown into a
lent and continuous contrac.
medical jurists had, indeed,
Il impossible to simulate this
4 even tolerable accuracy.
n,' require not only extraordi-
s.'3 over the muscular system,
, ,ol'c Very considerable and
i:.s4e Of physical energy.
h ro o4,oTf through a weary
so;t ,.'yIs days and sleepless
sn GG Nm, however, of all these
r, n.. .,.'gonyenlcnces, this man
81 pa n.5; 50 well As to deceive the
. - when IA watched him. At
few 'y Ug Expected, his acting
Fa =" mistakes; but these were
nosJ r.n merely anomalous devia-
Rar ,o qS u course of the disease
lr's md his ;s case in a medical medical
s. L n,ofe interesting. Like a
n 'I bol IN his part, Anvtbing
F9rs v'"laS TO rule, was rectified
|rid " re15 a, a. until, it is
gb t t5nu e. the disease from lis
f. f5 S'Isht to grave. with al
[,5in naeiity, One would ike Iill d to
/ 3 iS.. OF the thoughts Of the
F.ira I,aTned professor re on N o o,,e
! BIZ , ,,.I. a Clinical lecture TO his
a @s very y Interesting case case % 1 Hs
be ey,a all the artistic satisfac.
/ di ssSepeF5enced to enable ie,l him
lo5 h. o rl,. of his position,
fs,tpl vas subjected, is some
" Fe, ,ac .3.i! some very elT,'1 p o,
is head head adj administered intern pI
@n meth and !, back were kept 't ex
b ON -r'n Gsl Ike the temperature at are
ianiDDppne, one {, occasion his death
.,, called in, and ntIV thee s' of the
Ia II to G5stifnlns end with p sdi,s1er
coasi}yd affairs, made his W;I e; TO
ga" ,di a5e.yy left a round 's sum- M
&i'4raS to tho -,
[iaa $o him, not + for ,ne hospital d1
fetprn Sff os who had t chaSrg 4iS of
n a,r. authorities nth looked oIesj'u vera
b. 6in NTH nj soups s 4 spec qadh,
Eieqs d iaI' put an end to by 5'.'S one M,
Eer a verr II is. Is probable that at t this
PpolitsD' ! rs Successful run lna an sn,.
l'ovincesO OaFds, is now WI st tar iGv,
q Co. TALL. ally been "I nsifS.,i in disease
a must b, after they had d. alt 'h nnf
dseltaeasaan Of the navy s,'G fe ein'all
+ of hias discharged 40 was on
/ rsS5ia'ared. TS tse was very unex.
robbed and 5' tIo IVA was in hospi-