Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-10
WHOLE NUMBER, 500,
A PSYCHOLOGICAL WONDER.
Strange Condition Of q YeunE Lady in Ne
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There is in this city young lady
whose case is III! only the most Distress
ing imaginable, but which is most curi-
Gus and puzzle for physicians and ali
who are acquainted with her condition
and the peculiar circumstances attend
ant upon and connected Herewith. The
young lady is Miss Mary Kenney,
aged about eighteen years, who resides
on the Divide. Previous to her illness
she was q pupil in Professor Flint's
school, where she was distinguished for
her close application to her studies and
her quiet and ladylike department, She
was ambitious to become teacher, and
studie very hard in order to be able to
pass an examination. Some six weeks
ago Miss Kennedy told her mother and
others that great calamity was soon to
befal1 her; that she would be stricken
blind, deaf and dumb. In making this
announcement she was much distressed
hnd wept bitterly. 1t was in vain that
her friends tried to comfort her; she
said it was q thing that must come. A
few days later, while on her way home
from school, she was suddenly struck
blind, and was led by the hand the re-
mainder of the way home. Four ply
sicians, including Dr. Webber, county
physician, have been attending the young
lady since her illness, and have been
unable to determine the cause Of the
malady which so suddenly seized her.
After losing her sight she soon lost her
hearing, and then her vocal organs
became paralyzed. For several days
past she has been unable either to hear,
see or speak. "''
Her disease appears to be of the ma
ture OF paralysis, and this has now
extended to her legs and the lower part
of her body, For some days shc has
had hut little use of her hands, and
then only under certain conditions. The
most curious feature of her case, how
ever, is that all this time she has been
able to communicate with all about her
though bereft of all her senses. This
she has done in writing. In asking her
a question it was necessary to do SO in
writing, her hand being laid on that Of
the questioner during the time he WAC
writing. This being done she at once
wrote an answer to the question, but
while doing 80 it was necessary for the
questioner to place his hand on hers or
to lightly hold the top of the pencil
with which she was writing. All this
time her eyes were closed and her head
resting on her pillow in such position
that she could not have seen what was
doing had her eyes been open and she
not blind.
1t appears that the young lady's is q
peculiar organism-that she has long
been sort of psychological puzzle.
Many instances might be given of this
peculiarly, but they nearly all concern
persons we'll known here and who do
not wish to have their names mentioned.
As regards the characterof these things,
we may say that she in several instances
felt impelled to go to persons who were
strangers to her and tell them things
that were for their good, and which
made their hair almost stand on end fol-
the reason that her revelations showed
that she knew almost every action Of
their lives. In speaking of some per.
sons she said she knew every action oi
their lives from childhood. Another
curious thing remains to be told.
In Gold Hill, fully half a mile away
from the residence of the girl, are two
persons who appear to be affected
through her. One of them is boy
about six years of age and the other
man of mature age. Since she has been
stricken down these persons have felt
every change that has taken place in the
young lady's condition have known it
instantly. She has had frequent con.
vulsions, and whenever one of these
fits has seized her the man and the boy
at Gold Hill have in some way been
made aware of the fact. Also whenever
she was seized with spell of vomiting
(Which spells were quite frequent) the
fact was instantly known to the two
persons at Gold Hill. In order to prove
this, persons interested in this curious
business have made many quick trips
from Gold Hill to the Divide, carefully
noting the time, and always found that
the man and boy had exactly described
the young lady's condition. Virginia
Ciiy (NeU.) Enterprise.