The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-07-26
The Strange Malsdy IN LOrlllard's
Factory.
New York Sun, l4th.

Il New York Sun. l4th.
Z Dvring the past week y novel al
f singular disease has manifrsted itst
y among the girls employed j" Lori
:. Iard's tobacco factory, jersey Cit
9 Nu the afternoon Of Wednesday la
t Mary H"s~y, aged ~, If 425 fiji
J. street, VIII" ~Ss working in Il
/. steaming department, complained I
o . terrible paio 10 her side. 4 70
!. miooses aftsrward sbs fell down Q
tho AoUr unconscious, and sas cal
ried to her home 10 40 ambulance
City Physician Heating found h,
snderiog the most intense intero'
|. pain. She vas seized with violer
, con vulsions, and while these attack
lasted tho combined strength of tou
men were required to hold her. Yea
terdav afternoon DR.. Heating foun
that . high fever had got in. o
} Thursday and Friday several othe
cases Of sickness, with similar symp
toms, occurred in tho factory but
Vas not until Saturday that the dis
ease, by the increased number sD'
tho alarming condition of its victims
attracted tho attention OF . numbe
Of prominent physicians in Jerse!
City, Who a'e now making il q sps
cial study.
| On Saturday morning Annie Lynn
aged eighteen, of 348 Hudson atreet,
while engaged in stIiPpiog tobacco
turned to the girl next to her aud .,
claimed, II an going to be sick. Ny
eide achss." Immediately after ut.
tering these words she fell to the
door, and Was carried in 40 uncon.
conscious condition into the hallway,
whore che WA placed 90 . strs,cher.
10 the c"arse # that day ~ less than
thirty -four other girls we're taken sick
10 the came department. They all
display ed the same symptoms. The
pain In tho side was followed 10 al
most every case BY uncoosciousuess,
COM ulsions aud finally hysteris and
cOlic.
Tho treatment in every instance
was tho came. The patieuts we're
brought into the hall aud placed on
stretchers. Ono Of them, Tsssie
Lynch, aged Is, Of Second street. was
subjected to the influence at chloro.
form to relieve her couv ulsions, aud
It 10 said that the saa,e remedy was
applied to tho other sufferers. Drs
Gordon, Morria, Ksrahaw and Wat.
con, toeetler with three other physi.
cians, were present, and were unable
t. relieve tho girls by any other
method. Whom tho hour came 10
ssop work sone IT tho girls wsre
sodiciently recovered to walk homo
without assistance, but several of
them were removed On stretchsrs.
Whom City Physician Heating OK.
amined Annie Lynn, at her parents
hooSe, her mind vas wandering, and
she was ravi0g in the most i0cobe.
rent manner. Here piercing and
continued shrieks could be distinctly |
heard two blocks from the house il |
Which sls was lying, and they had
attracted . lasge throng, who, imse.
nlog that soae horrible crime was
being committed, jostlsd each Other
isrcely i0 their Efforts to reach the
from which tho screams pro.
'eeded. Tho sick girl had made re-
'eated attempts u throw l.ersslf oat
y the wisdow, and shs wss restrain.
ID BY her mother and three stroop
men. She answered . few questions
stionally, aud then became uucon.
e5ous and Va oeised With convul-
ions. Her contortions wore Of tho
nost horrible character. Her limbs ,
nd body tossed and contracted in 4
~ that obliterated oil appearance
{ tho human form. She seemed to
. . shapeless lump Of Aesh. One
18th OF . grain Of morphine every
'tee hours was prescribed for her.
I'D last night bee eooditiea vac much
proved, thoala still preesrious.
A eunbsr Of tobacco hsuds we're ! l
aestlosed yesterday 10 reference to
,ie peculiar siekoesA bat they all.
1th oes ezceptioo, declined to rive A!
ny Information. Thew oaid thai r. :
Y! told anything aboat what oceur. :
= 10 To factory they would bs die. (
laresd. naegis Fishsr, Of 10 Frat +
ssse, satd that che was working in B
% second stosy Of the factory on q
lessd:y When The girls were taken Il
". Among thoes Who were car. i,
ID oat and placed o. strstehers were q
as:te Lynch, ased l6; Lissie Ryuey. !.
- ~; Roe Murray, aged II :; 10. 4
oesh Aelversy, aged II; Nary =
Vet, aeed IL; and Ann 1falouev n
Mary Flshsr, q woman emplo,.d q
The wash houss and Who nuresd I!
} gtrle while they wsrs lying M Z
~ factory on Saturday altefeoon. y
y Waited yesterday. At 6rst she u =,
pied any knowledge Of The ustter y.
q iaeieted that none Of then ma n
% s'ck. She subsequently edmit. q
that perhaps twelve Of then hsd H
y pseeerseed, bot attributed Il "a pa
} faet thss they he'd oil 6raak IT, y
10Th Annie Lynn upd Mr., Ho>I :.
, declared that they he'd Dot tsstsd =. -
iee waest "a Saturday, and that r =
!! aek1oeg eoal6 not have besn -
duesd b that esaie. Dr. Wafeon | z.
DE-. keat,bg yesterday held
ealeatton % tho disease. Dr..
esoa ahsfwssd, In eouvsrsstion vi
3 ne reporter oojd: %!
! do oot know how 10 account "a, = 81
} extrsosdioary aalady. ia per- =
, amer eating . hearty meal, should NJ
|eoo Q bed stmoephere and M. ticl
n nA0Ann Ak.>2>>A T. a.