The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-08-23
TnE STHANGExT " STRANGE CASkla.
TIVE Hss1red asa Elgaty.Slx Needles II.
kes Irsa . Wsossb Bsdy Durisg iigs,
ard kleves After Death.

TIVE Hss6rel aal EIsaty.Slx Needles r
kes frs. . Wsssss Bsdy Dsriss iilt,
asd Eleves After Death.
In the ,hir,iesb annusi repor, (for ls7sl
Of the State Lupaiic ASYLUM 1t Utica, "
6nd . description of the following r.
o,asksble case:
A woman thirty years Of sge, single,
seams'rrss. with no hereditary tendency "a
insanity, bot 0f highly nervous aad es.
ci'ahIc organization. cnsosionaI aud irscgu.
lar In feelings, u tines buoyans and lively,
and then glunmy snd depressed. Her health
during early life was del'es,e, though shs
suffered fspm NO ds6niss disease Al the
age OF ~. In April, ls6s. abe .wss ss's~d
with psio In The head !, ws. IT sh,rs du.
ration, but severe. and during. iss csniinu.
snce sh6 was deIirious ATTACKS Of ihessme
character, bOtb In the severity Of shs psIa
and the mental disturbanee. hsve occussed
since st intervals Vt fson one - three
mpnihs y
a-r noshss says for years she has com
planned 1t pain. and pressei her hand 40
either side Of her head. With the exciama
it'n. ''Oh! mother, u,tthcr, shall dir!''
That i've years ago che was Obliged toosall
~ help, - the patient threatened and 10
tended :" take her ows life; that bosh ne
fore snd after sue began the use Ut u,"rphis
her conduct was peculiar and ersst'c; that
after the nN'sphis habit va known her
con1uct for many ysass preceding wns
wrongly attributed to this cause. In The
condition che was admitted To The ins,,tu.
,ion, m the 5,h Of May. 1871. Now comes
the truly mysterious part "f the caae E1.
animation revealed scars and ccchymosed
spDss, covering nearly The whnle of the
hody which couM he reached by her own
hand Il wss hard and extremely sensiiive
To the touch. This cs,ndisi0n Of swelling
and tenderness extended In . narrow ridge
so the spine. For swo weeks applications
wore employed. without success to relieve
the pain and tension. Al this time, on the
18Th OS August. the rasieas In rubbing her
hand over the hreast discovered an elevated
print. just under The skin, which on pres
sure save . psick,ng sensation. This vas
cut and bsoken needle exitacted On the
18th snnthcs rcedle -wss removed. The
breast was now ,n6amed and extremely
sensitive. August - smother needle ~as
taken oat.
Esom this time ,ill September - from ore
10 I've seedlrs were res,ovsd daily. During
OctobeS end ROvembes needles were tskes
from various parts Of ths body. The hsx.
81 number exsrae'ed 10 any day was
twelve
Por The 6sss two noashs but eompasa.
lively little pais vas fen 10 he extraction.
The skis was thiekesed. hassh, and dry,
and al0oss Inssosible from prolonged and
distsibuted ~ Of ~ injections. After.
we'd she suffered aes,s.y, and ofses bses
gcd that their remnvsl might BE- postponed
fros dsy u day.
M seetlIes were yemoved durinR the lase
lwo weeks os her NE; - wsss taken Sssa
her body during lie: II ~ess fossd IL shs
Iisssss after deaib; 3 were peestd from shs
racsuo daring siekaess; making . total "
hires bssdssd sesdlss asd pierss. OF this
number ~ vess whole asd q were paris
The. paaIsat repeatedly ssd pessis,ss,ly
ienssj any kDowledgs Of having insrodsosd
hen either By she stomach o. throagh shs