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t9 cal, upon her. Dr.. spelr has taken Dr. Mitch
spY S pr o,bass bk,ssa pr Creme Pr oEmlsLon ent
sioians to see Miss Fancher.
A. ~ wss Dr. Spell, who. in the earlier stages o
MISS Fancher's nees. tested whether she had
her. and administering an emetic The druse
gave her much pain. while the result was con.
turo Of the medicine was well known 10 Miss
fancher although had been carefully kept from
ibs bes ra1 Ghs event was as before she went into
soon rs she emerged from this condition into
that OF relaxation. three years ago. her memory
che remembered only Incidents Of previous
years 80 nine and q half years after tho adj
minlstering q the test. as DR.. speir entered the
modleinei but did You wanted to s soc whether VIII es
none was there. II mado mo icei very cry sicf. f.
h2n gu wont & 90 80 again will your"
ever warn you that you .wero TO be robbed and
nent mex 19y adteg you received tho warning were
De you know oi her doing many other
eqniHiaIy a9 astonishing things"
haID Do you think II possible for Mics Pancher to
=, | novor detected tho least atiemp, at deccp-
ton; nor have ever suspected that decoption
was praetised by her; am convinced that there
mas, mas pecn no deception. At the Same time please
understand mo that am not n believer In an :
pernatural things. think there must bo an
tss tHsenabcn earb Sr ekSGryShng W. happens upon
our comprehension In the present condition ol
the worlds enlightenment but thoy nro sure ts
Is II true that Miss Fanchcr has continued
Ior many hours in condition resembling
ueavtn, WIN no pulse. and no breath r
say. most remarkable But Miss s'f Faneher's hreS
case regard as professional secret She do
and follow out her wishee "
+. Il 4 true that she has not partakon Of food
IN nll these thirteen years ?"
No: cannot say that she has not: have
not been constantly with her for thirteen years:
she may have taken food IN my absence. Her
take nourlshment Food has been forecd eT 9pon pSa
her, and artificial means have been resorlcd 70
tnht ~ might De carried to her stomach. Never
theless the amount IN the aggregate must have
Deen very small In all these years"
You have considered the case Of such extra
ordinary Importance as totake many physicians
II have. and it has excited very much Of at
tentlon. have letters about II from far and
near and the medical journals have asked for
Information"
HOW DOES SHE LIvE7
DR. Robert Ormston who hns been ono ~
Miss fancher's physicians from the first whs
ms seen her constantly in all tho different con-
was convinced that there could be no deeontion''
ne could lind no motive for II. and no did MOI
believe that she had attempted Il, As 10 her
made tests that satisfied him that she ate no
more than ahe pretended to. and In the aggrs-
amounted
moro nan tho AMOUNT eaten nj single meal by
healthy man. DIR. Orniston narrated many
curious incidents OF the girls illness. aud veri-
ned me lacts ol her physical condition as mar
rated elsewhere,
" Can YOU explain why she docs not die ?" he
was asked.
cannot Il sometimes seems incompre.
hensible 70 me how she lives with no nourish-
Her stomach Instantly rejects food IL food \;
forced into II. AT tunes she has lost all her
senses and her body has become cold as though
she wore dead. Then she has rallied. md has
become better. Sh0 has had many ailments
TINT Of ihemselvcs were, sufficient TO hava
month she had hay fovcr. and lust now she has
asort Q, , OF Ploatiing ot iaee and body She is
is entertaining in her convsrsationn.' She has nns
the worst spasms | ever saw n person recover
from. ana Is victim 10 the most violent attacks
Of her power OF second sight YET / am aware
that she is capable of most astonishing things.
i l. hIve known OF remarkable tests tnat she has
IN. MrcTFLI's TESTS.
Or. Chauncey l.. Mitchell nf 12a Montague
street. on9 OF Brooklyns oldest aud most trust
ed plysicians. said that no had known IF Miss
Fanrhers condition for many years and had
several times with DR.. Speir and at tis reauest
OF her friends and brother physlcians aud Ia
severe tests. Ho added While ali The cir,
Iiqqinstah9es iqinsth9 and surroundings from the nrst
ulsnrileu nc on We susplcion of deception. it
the young woman could subsist upon as small
q quantity OF food rs WAS assured she had re-
celNed, Her mind, too. WIS capable OF such as
tonlshing flights ms TO absolutely compel one To
doubt; hence was careful in my tc-ts. | NAV
say thM they convinced me that Miss FaucheF
MnS not practising or attempting deception.
Ihey Wer0 perfectly satisfactory aud thcy have
ielt me NJ a loss 10 account for or TO understand
inc laws by which her mind and hur body ara
governed. These tests were nt an early stage
oi her sickness, end have not repeated thcm,
We physicians are as class inclined 10 look
win suspicion uuon any case i'm which natures
known laws arc Tor q long time disrpgnrdcd. YET
believe that, so far ne human tcsiir..,uv rar
prove" =. 1t is proved TINT Mis- Fancher lives
without partaking Of food TO any cons iderabla
amount, and that she possesscs i'm an extraor-
binary degree the giit % so-caliel clairvoyance
am not apl" To explain how sho lives Hor
case Is very generally known TO the physician
9, New York and Brooklyn, and have talked
WIN many Of them about Il, but mover have
hehrd given satisfactory explanation OF how
she ,i can continue TO 1.-Two 80 long in such con-
Dr. George G. Hopkins Of as Grand avenue
Sald lhat The uhy-ir riaus Of BROOKLYN gcnprallv
Knew thht Miss fanchcr was living from year
20 year without partakin.g of enough nOurish-
lnent 10 sustain life under ordinary circum-
stances also that with nor change I'm bodv
came change in mind. and ability 10 make
second slght manifestations He had not seOn
hef nlnset but from many conversations with
physicians and others who had. he did VI dOuM
NE genuineness Of whnt was pretended for her
lie had not heard hint that sho lracised i'm.
position.