The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1879-10-08
HAW Allan GAZETTE
EpIrRn AND PUBLISHED 81
7. CRAWFORD MACDowELL,
WEDNESDAY, OCT $ Isl
Life and DeaIh.


One of The most remarkable cases on record
Of peculiar interest 10 ueIAPhysios$as, the medl~
ca fraternity and pea2,e geoersl,y. hss eoae
SIib;a The observation u the people al RoseiSle
islssy, IL The person Il Ms. f0Welisea. Hhe
has been uu2sr ,Se care a pr Tho-ae Tor treat
meat al the disease Q; The liver sad sson$oa.
Mrs Powsllsua Is widow. Uhese husband died
sboss gbree years sso. She RESIDES tesg miles
frou RoSei&le, and has lately moved iaso thai
toSr 81 IS 10 Be constantly 1Rasr medical ozVe
iuv cancer Of the STOMACH sad liberation Of The
liver. For ihrss years past the disease has CEASED
violent Spz>ras 10 take place hut nothing oessiip
q shs Ordinary condition al Sach : slate S&S Oh
served uriil %hoa, SIX weeks ago. when the pAy-
seal coasj,i0a Of lie patient Gaisvsent soa-
6sIia. change. The holy after each sg=sEa becoTa-
iug sseUiaciy dead, while, according II Mrs
Posoiisal,s statement The ml23 became iCesa
satlrslv and loz-asyes into an unknown realm
which Size nina,eiy describes.
Mrs. PoWsllSon Is WsllkaoEn 10 the people
q RS<ei2ls sas s s;rloi Methodist Her vera
city Is uuQass uonAhle. and her statements. which
nav SeeriacVedaloas. ami have nothing bat her
siupie Wori - proof, are uoi 10 b so01e& at a.
deception coSoociei Tor the purpose ot gaining
uoiOrjsiy, 70 ielsis people. She states things
vkieh 10 Der @osuai facts. and are believed IN
as sincerely as arr physse2l i-cl Is believed by
natural philosopher
Wbsn The spzSu Ovsroo1es her ste suffers in
tense p2ia; her medical adviser describes her
ooaIorsions as terrible 70 behold From this
co16ition she passes Into : state Of seeming
death. in which tie moSi delicate Instruments OF
ihs medical proIes>iaa, in he hands ot the sx-
ps-5ence1 p-2cutiaass. tart 10 discover the sight
sS; Sss1 q animation 4 conoo2ai stesbOSco2e
reveais f=ial ih,iI IL some Of the &risriss Dot
prlsziion ~ 5aE Of HOOD bat S;saply thrill
Ii i certainly aoi 2elazl death. aud yet Is 80
mech skia 10 il as not 10 be detected hy the
present instruments, however delicate thsy may
t.
While IN the latter condition TIE 1oaisrtal
ooelFrsaoas which she afterwards describes took
pace TIE first tine that she became 50 affected
lasted - EsSau:as the second three hears. Sn6
the tbi-i - minutes Since thea tie periods q
= in&niiioa have bssa from I've minutes TO three
hoGrs. AID hare ooaiiaasi to- some tine.
Mrs PoEel.soa sizIss that On becoming 50
Sfseis3 her MAD a. Soel becomes detached from
hs- bo6r. and clothed II the personality Of The
body. gees into tie spjyii word Ga her frSi
trip sEsryihiss Uss dark 1asil her haSoaad took
her by the hand and led he- TO the light. TIE
pzcs where The 6iSszbodei SplIiiS live Is similar
10 this world. exoep; thai the air Is Clearer the
ool0-s b-lsbier. The waters ciezrer aud tie IL
b4aii4uts happier. Everything Is described IS
more bsGaiifcl than here, and the picture drawn
By Der : rzv;>hinE.
Her h0sb2a5. uko V2z o. years old at the
tine Ct bis death, appeared 70 her 10 Be 10 his
prime He had pAysie=l personality, capable
q feeling s substance. snS felt Ike Al Or5inzry
person 10 the ioach. People were there de-
sc1jae5 = needing 10 fOoi asr phySzo4l p.aslam
70 Sustain lie. and coasec aeaily had 10 reed to
lztor 70. soppo-t- They were 10 schools study
ing and consequently seeking TO advance il
kneEie3re-
Ms PoEeiison Is y yesrs Of age. with her
mental powers n good c0niiiio0 When o.; al her
psecl2r state Her Csc Is : sIEauEe ore. 10
which 20 exact parallel exists within the knoEl-
edge q learned me5ie4! n.so Who have examined
her
Dr. Joshua Tborae gives As bis opinion ths; II
= one Of unnsrOas siEii4r hai no; parallel cases
where. owing 10 peculiar cao3itious tie MAD is
free tron the bzser material al boiy and b-2iu
ard roGIs s. liberty II G1oiksr sphere from this
he'd oaly By slender vitzl thread. sufficient 10
retain The soal Of mid iroa breaking away en-
trey, sad yei too weak 10 retain it 6ruly in the
body.
Mrs, PoEsllsoa Is in sach condition that.
whiie ste nsy lager for mouths the prob.bsli-
ties sre thz: she viii die sai3eoly u the rex,
few Eeeks- She has rot esien enOagt TO keep
her stTe under oniiu2ry circumstances. and
makes her assertions Eiih the kaosiCise that
her death within sho-s tine Is csrisin.-Tksn-
SIS City Joarazl