The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-11-21

/ character Is 80 great, thaIShe Is rarely ever
1fhe facts 10 Which attention is called can
Fbe fully verified They are as follows: ,tl
May TO- lS6i--She was tAroWp from horse
sapd severely nifred. - tH@
+ June s, lS65--ln attemptingtb leave a street
car, her skirt caught and she was dragged for
n block over the pavement. -- o., 81
Feb. p lS66-SAeYwas takenvseFiensly i'll.
! Itssr yops systsni was sompletel deTa1ng-
ega fS ss lee' c Seas 'oEsneF mo shs
also stand on her toes and spin like q
top. Several persons were required totpreS
vent herfrom doing personal Injury to her
self.
Feb. s, ls66-she went into a trance and was
to all appearance dead.i F-lfsb .-' .
Feb. I7-She lost her eyesight. s.i @.
Feb. lS--She lost her speech.
Feb. 19-She lost her hearing. -StH
l. Feb, 227She saw, spoSe. and heard, for half
an lio'ffainti thelasfor a-enslos . these facdl-
Feb. 23-She lost the sense of sound. l..
Feb. 2i-The fingers closed. 'i'''t
Feb. 25-The jaws locked.
Feb. 26-The legs took triple twist. a
March 7--The spasms were Violent H't1
y Maya, lS6e--She asked for food, ;ste small
piece of cracker, and took a teas pOonfu1 of
punclait being the first food she had taken
in seven weeks, and was able TO retain on her
stomach. acf "a rusrss. f-4.sr 30 -
May p, ls66-She was shocked by thunder
AND %p 5sye sSs 5 Est INTO rigid trance
"a O'Clock, which lasted till 1850 a. M. the
next day shesthen passed into relaxed
trance till June I. .lH Fr- 10 fH-i. r.;S
June 2, lSG6-Nourishment. was forced by a
pump into her stomach which threw her into
commissions. zShewas unconscious and dead
ly sick with nausea, and suffered intensely
till sunday evening, June 3, wAcn her tn oat
closed, and she was unable to take any nour-
ishment or utter sound.
These items are taken from the diary of
Mollie's aunt, who made daily record of
her condition. L have copied but a few OF
h..u
bic illness. a.4 r. 80 -. ..r.5r...a.rs.. aH.f.
MY first visit, as have said, was March 4,
1857. I found her lying on her right side
with her right arm folded under her head.
Her fingers were clenched in the palm of her
hand, her thumb lying parallel with them.
The thumb and fingers of the left hand were
II similar position. The right hand and
rIn were paralyZed, as was her body gem
rally, excepting her left arm. She was Ia
trance, sighed and seemed to be in pain.
he remained in this trance till the Sth, a
shorter time 1hanl usual at this period of
her illness. Her frances often lasting from
10 to II days. .f- Pc
Lind my letter is growing so large | must
condense my journal observations and neg
beet any chronological order. -'Ht
/ will speak of her mental and physical
condition.
First, her physical: For II years or more
she has lain in one position on her right side,
For nine years she was paralyzed, her mus
cles only relaxing under the Influence OF
elAofeform. \ For The lastt three years she has
been in a new conditiOn-the limp instead
of the rigid. Her muscles are 80 relaxed
sthather limbs ealbelm oved Without the aid
/ OF chloroform. While passing int this state
her suffeTings We're Intense. For days it
did not seem possible that she could live.
Hereyes .wefeopenLand staring. Fornine
wears they had been Closed. Now they were
md al Il oh
were sightless. She could swallow, bnttake
no food; even the odor of it was offensive
During this twelve years. illness there have
been times when she had not the use of any
1 Of her senses. For many days together she
has been to all appearances dead. The slight
est pulse could not be detected-there was
no eyidence OF respiration. Her limbs were
! as cold as ice, and had there not been some
warmth about her heart she would have
been buried. During all these years She has
! virtually lived without fOod.s Water, the
juice OF fruits and other liquids have been
introduced into her mouth, but scarcely any
OF them ever make their way TO her stom
ach. SO sensitive has this organ become it
will not retain any thing within it. In the
early part of her illness it collapsed, SO that
by placing the hand in the cavity her spinal
| column can be felt Y There. was no room for
! food. Her throat was rigid asa stick. SYal-
lowing was cut OF the question. Her throat
was greatly enlarged. Severe pains passed
from it through her left SIDE md shoulder.
Wien ! frst saw her slit lad lbpt one SENSE
that OF touch. With That She could read
with many times tbs. rapidity Of one by eye
sight q This She didtE running her fingers
over the pfihtedpage with equal faeilityiiH
light, on darkness. With the finger, she
could diseriminate the photographs Of per
| sons, the faces of callers, etc. She Never
! sleeps, her rest being taken IN -fancos. Phe
most delicate work il done in tifesnight. She
performs none OF, the ordinary functions Of
|. life, except breathing. ~ The ejaculation is
!. sluggish. and ssa cons eaIlepee ilIereis-y very
] little animal heat: she longs TO DIE but
] says She can not, as there is nothing to die
Such issabrief statement vi her bodilyrpn=
I hiSecond% 70 me her mental state. is more
extraordinary. Her power of ciairvoyanee,
or second sight, Is inaryelously developed.
/ All places in whichshe takes any interest are
I open to her mental Vision. Distance i'm poses
! no barriers. No retirement, however Sc
I Guided, but yields 10 her penetrating gaze.
She Clfetates the contents of sealed letters
which have never been in her hands With
/ out the Slightest error. She visits the-fami-
/ " circles q her relations and acquain anees
! in remote pfacesand describes their attire
I and their occupations. She points out any
disorder. of dress, however slight. as the
/ to ordinary sight was concealed by the arm.
Any article which Las ebeen mislaid
/ she sees and tells NJ here IL may be found.
/ She discriminates IN darkness the most deli
cate Shade d color I@ifH m accuracy that
never erfs. She WORKS n embroidery and
Tie most dsea afifhE fdtqhs Spd combi-
nations iof forms. She never studied
! botany or tooka lesson in wax work, andyei
| she never mistakes the form ofIeaf or flc,Sv-
Her, Leaves with their RIBS or veins, .tlfii
fphyfotaxis; flowers, With, calyx, cdTo1la,.
! ssmenslHith their anthers are given with a
most truthful regard to nature. Holding
4 pen or pencil in her left hand, she writes
4 with extraordinary rapidity. Her PEN
4 manship is handsome :tndfegible. SSAe oRee
wrote poem OF leu verses IN as many mias
utesA herthoh ghthowin ing with the rapidity
Of lightning-A. Ia cutting 4evet for pin
Cushions, like thesampiss sent you, she held
4 the scissors by the knuckiesef thumb and
,fore-hnger OF the left hand slnd bringing
hand she eutfthf leaves IS shapely and
without rsyei - ffough they had heen cut
with q punch. These leaves do NOT differ IL
-,ysize or form more thau-leaves growing or
d tree or Shrub. In tue early part of her sick
ness, she cut more than two thousand such
tieayes, In April 1873, sine worked up TWEEN.
ty-fiye hundred ounces OF worsteds: to De.
4 eember. 1875, she had written six thousaud
five hundred notes and letters. She hasssEell
an account of ali the expenses of the family
4 during her sickness. She keeps a daily
Journal, except Wien in frances or Longer
duration than "a hours. In passing into tn
4 new condition, three years ago, Of which
have spoken. she forgot every thing tina
= bad occurred in the previous nine years
:, When she was able to speak, she inquired
about matters that occurred at the begin
ming OF liber ihness-the nine Intervening
yearssweFe a perfect blank te,hersA 81
fsaItI must take lears 0fEhis subject. Tn