The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-24

into the nine years stupor and she began 10
TAX OF them as though they had occurred nm
hour before In all the nine years she had
oeen In semi-unconscious condition, Dos
eessed. howevor, at tlmos Of astonishing mental
vigor and OF mechanical ingenuity She re-
FUSED food when offered TO her. saying IL made
her sick. DIR. Speir and DIR. OrmIston forced
food into her stomach with the pump. and.
after paralysis OF the throat came on. tried TO
feed her through silver tube inserted in the
neck. Food siokened her. however,. and.
eventually. all efforts to induce her to tike
nourishment we're abandoned. At long inter
vals she expressed wish for tho Juice OF some
fruit or for bit OF candy. but she rejected solid
matter. and for weeks and months. according
to hor own assertion and that OF hor attendants.
sheswallowed nothing. Hor physical condition
was constantly changing. One day sho was
without sense except touch the next she could
near and taste. and talk. But her eyes did not
open until at the end OF the nine years.
COLD As THOUGH IN DEATH.
At lntervals during these nine years the body
frequently pecano as cold as though In death,
no warmth being detected except In the region
ured pusaton. except when She went into
frances then its beating WINS often imperceptl-
Die. Her hoad and shoulders retained their
normal condition. but soon aftor zach of these
tOItcut ncr icct contracted. AT the same time
70 quote tho language of her physicians, "her
intgstines shrvolled and wasted away, leaving
llule more than coating Of skin over the back
bone IN the cavity they had occupied They be-
came almost entirely imperative and for years
were completely So" She was so sensitive TO
neat In the nino years period Of rigidity that
nro was not lighted in her room. nor was
th9 temperature raised in any manner In
midwinter her only covering was n single sheet
anu the window was kept partly open. In oil
these years her right arm remained bent be-
hind her hcad and when relaxation returned at
tho end OF that period tho member was not re-
leased from It's tension. as was the rest Of tho
body. The arm remains still in the same
cramped position.
For, tho last three years her physical changes
nave boen frequent and painful She has boon
a1itcted with many disorders and Diseases. and
has successfully lost aud regained several OF
RELAXATION. continued until the early part OF
last July. and then her cyeids closed again
While she did sec. however. her eyeballs were
fixed and staring. From the first she has not
slept. except while In a trance. Several timcs
in the earlier years II was thought she was
dead. so cold had her body become so rigid her
limbs and nesh. 40 motionless her lungs and
heart. But vigorous rubbing with stimulating
liquors, and persistent attention. brought hcr
again to consciousness While in the nine
years OF rigidty she suffered intensely from
neuralgia pains. These the physicions became
convinced were increased by the bad condition
OF her teeth. TINT suddenly had begun to decay.
a dentist was summoned 10 extract them, hut
the jaws were so locked that II was not until
could be- opened. Then every tooth was re-
moved. On recovering from the influence OF
the chlOrofOrm she went into the most violent
OF all the 5pasms she has had.