New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-25

take place in the body after death must certainly
NE wpOws snos had an Se9 ,hs Ssec TSs
heart had stoppod heating the respiration hhd eeassa
for long a inc I body those that observe
death There was no trace OF sonsiolhty anyWnee; no
reaction to the Operation OF se eaSs to satsiy
the family. needle was pushed into une hsart i ns
nhvsieIogjst having, for the mere sake OF showing
what the Japanese had done ina. way o nn n.iy
showed hat the heart OF cholera patient
did not boat. But what did not do the proof DID not
nav nave ~ % From paents who dad OF yellow fever or
choeraand 1t chiefly In those cases .na' nvoub,sy
movements resem bling voluntary ONES occnr alGr
deah-Dr Dowler has amputated limbs: IL wac Q Doa
undertaking. but Dr. Dewer has done ~ dnu t bee sp
arated from the nervous centers so that mere ws
force aas n not Ss' n@sys drss that
from the win. Those movements, repeat reseupo
voluntary movements. ' I'D
EXTRAORDINARY FgATs CAUSED by DISEASE.
There are movements which OF course require more
force but which resemble those movements In not being
directed by the will The field OF pathology is indeed
very rich In In which all sorts OF movements re-
sernbing voluntary movements are made by patients
who however, are not trying TO perform those move
ments There is one especially OF young lazy I'D
Paris who was attacked with ecstacies every sunday
and who performed feat the thousandth par: OF when
not one among yon could perform unless you were DIS
eased like Every Sunday ut 10 O'CLOCK .ne -
lady assembled bed and putting her Daek oh tso ,op
1 he,U 70 address PRAYERS TO the Virgin Mary She
continued that attitude fixed like aststue eAcep. , .
her aud her heart 10 INC
lips giving uiterance to sound All sne oIer sat
III the body absolutely motionless ms WAS ct
mat Won c0uld not perform level ground Standing
rigdly titoe. even without shoes Is an 1t,er n
sibty, beyond short time VentIred 10 Wy ny ~
nower on the border OF that bed and fell immediately.
Laughter not ready 70 try IL again. as tne s
was no doubt the thing was Impossible had peen
was disease there whether II was alse pieIenSe
make money, the family or the girl was poor, nlu
nm
aiiinde i'm PRAYER II was clear that there was disease
| made an experiment which proved IT, ..,,,,oa
There are other movements WHICH are peIIoIineu
,yithout the WILL Some OF these very singular.
Sometimes ii is a movement forward, sometimes ~ Is
movement backward as iast as posaip S io cpcns
or a simple rotation executed on tue same laoo @ ,no
feet What may surprise many persons .etr move
ments instead Of being performed ~ Jus. peroi
them, performed with the head on III ithnt
Uaughier1 The feet were against the wal, Wltn0u,
which, OF course this acton would be impOssloe; l.e
patent turned with rapidy that was wonderful no
person with will-power could nave oohe It, iIo n0"u
spun around rs If II were u TOP ,,,,, i, r.h -
In another case saw most beautiful irish grl VINO
had blow on the head aud who had rotary movement
on that account She knew well what was the matter
with her. and had come 10 be able To prevent any a.
effect of it,. II she wanted TO go IN ~ ht ANGLES
20 IT. and the irreguarty OF hr movement prousn. W
the right place tbaugher sno knew 'n La n caI
cuIated accordingly so when she went along inc street
she executed series OF haclrces ana IN tl. WY
creded i'm going forward She in perfect neth o-
err wise. She could not help TINS Inefe was au
| lille power pushing her Her Will force couiu not
| The most singular OF these rotary movements are
those that the Will produce An luleGloh Oh coi
water In the will prOddCo very great chnge SOME
times In "a curious book Of Frrnchlnan on AlNace
perhaps is German unw srcat are.
strange cases OF rotary movements change OF dlrec-
ton by something acting gainst thc VIII 50
OF the cases allied To hystera; pat tney eAst o
an organic cause In man sometimes also