, 1880-05-03
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY. HAY 3, 1880.

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Ten. TeHay s tSsfs onss SRy ,s%1n s e,
Th%e % scsnss st st this ord rilinarily aNiet place
have been, to say tho lenst, very unusual aar.
Ing ths per1a Of dstrHst,o As sceiaa s2G Ss hs
that name, came to be recognized, 1t was OBJ
served that those witnessing its opo1atlons
upon othors soon, came to be nliecten py Y,
ciuded e from thc society Of the others. As the
number grew It became necessary In the
usual order OF things to place several Of tho
afflicted In the same apartments: during the
yery strange. SCENES have takei' place. Pr.
Hall, at first believing that the action OF tho
mind would have very. considerable enect
IL the treatment q the aseasc tryd Y 9o4es as
tons Of The body. TO this act he per;
eundcd those whose arms were affected
to syow y 10 ea5Ty w STEADILY pa% ysoans aG,Gss tnp ha
dozen marbles without apliling the
marbles upon the floor. These tests resulted
in some cases satisfactorily, IN others N me
and and scattered @ @ In showers about tlie room,
miniature hall,stor1n, almost rtyall4g toE tile
moment that will which nature has furnished
this section to-day. In other cases where the
trouble was In tho arms an attempt 70 mold
lower limbs, and tho pretty lIttle feet would
40 beating tho floor like driirlsttcks. Then
sometimes the contraction would remove 70
would be distorted with the most h'deous
grfns, the mouths would fly open Ike trap.
doors, tho eyes would look round ne most
ae aG osss wos " sii 6seoms s s est R'
mldnblc pug, md the WHOLE party !otn IN
course OF curious .contortions Impossible OF
description or even Imagination. One day tho
SsstG fSSf o 2d nd 2e as ss GOD 81 VI VIE lad
| It literally ".up her nose,n', and for two or
three days she went about the house, as the
| Doctor Describes It, making faces ut me- al
the time.". Tho mystery Is most unaceonatr
with only very few. exeeptlons the cases cases
have been confined to the Convent, yet there
hnve been enough outside to raise q Question
nifty In this particular building. There ars
in the Convent about seventy pupils and :.
like number 9i Sisters who ~ layc ~ charEo e. ot
from @ Tie t1 pl,sscan WHO has been ii attend
Sisters ilayo been AFFLICTED WITH THIS strange
disease LII some Of them 1t Is much less vio-
more ilIan an hour, with others i has du.
ration OF two or three weeks. It. does not
seem to render theln seriously iif,-.ln fact 1t
rather improves their appetlses. Il weakens Ken;
for f Study, md IS. 'wit6al, q very unpleasant
sort OF Companions. In no case has 1t proved
fatal OF even dangerous. this disease meyer
sStsg 70 n1t xsrX yeent 81 vas as TSs
Outside the Convent there have M been q @ fey
cases. one in particular which is very bud,
but whether this can be supposed 70 be trace
IS doabtfn Ss 'V1 ono curious case M Is
ported from Chtlllcothe. One Of the pupils
ut the Convent, young lndy, had gone home
possessed of this strange nialady, and, having
During the service slie felt the disease return.
ing, and, CHANGING to look around, saw TINT
two little girls. standing just behind her 10
the church had suddenly become similarly IN +!
appeared after duration 6t two or three
weeks either going BY like mysterious means
with which It came. or, succ9mbing to the
treatment Of ne physician. ~ NJ . iGw tMe
train homewnrd have come Jerking and gone
awny jerking, and Of those still remaining ut
the Convent number are yet Affected.
Du,ton, tho officiating clergyman at St
Mnry's and the Convent, and from him Oh
tained some q statements regarding the p M strange t
thoro was another or two, and still another
on tho following day. We did not feel any
particular alarm at these. There we're then
ass before there Tsre ,Ta thafy hamy oasers
other IuIl, but few days ago the Sisters
found that It was assuming such proportions
that they thought ivonly their duty to their
to sspetAa ~ .hS sGao1 10 - ioh
When left tho Convent thought II might
Vile, three or four miles further, and see the
sss Ressr Yhs lis name aa eef Is Ms p eGa
gentleman of several years experience and
~ ~ HoT many cases hare there been, Doc
ii think there heyo been about two dozen"
he saiti, :" among the pupils. l don't know
whether the Sisters wan. anything said about
""SsurcIy,S / replied, ut Is no more dis
Pretty soon i asked, +" How many cases
1Ss een esfn s repsE II sstosf sto
the exact number In either case, but that Is
"That makes about forty In all, Or about
Sisters who have been thus attacked" /" sug-
%Ycs" he answered, !" that's about It,"
d,sess "wat baetGgs DC gG% consider the cause Of tho
'1seiss; can % harliy tell; some have considered
It from poison Of some kind, perhaps com
Ing from tho gas.houso ind affecting the milk,
Of from mlk sickness wi,fn Is somsWat Il
, contagious In close comnlnnities IKE this,
! but not IN neighborhoods. My theory is th1t
1t Is the result In some way Of malaria. we
anv great extent, and It mny be that 1t Is TAX
there is q form Of It which causes those hay
Ing 1t to swcat blood, ami weakens them SO
TINT they de, This may DO another form OF
"liaye YOU succeeded in curing the pa.
%Yes, all that have had time to treat but
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