The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-17
SLEEPER OF SALPElRlERI
A CURIOUS PATIENT IN A PARIS
HOSPITAL.
apparently a Clear Case OF Natural
Mesmerism - Some Instances
Of Prolonged Sleeping.

d0Xle heuOu II, "a NOnhH Ol ytbTb VI
sqe, woke up in the Salpet'iere Hce-
ital, in Pans, alter enjoying a pro
oUggd ard profound nap Of eighteen
d,ys' dura ion. 1t seems, 8 VS. the
London News. that tn 8 patient, in
whom a large amount Il public inte'-
go. has Ia uraily been excited, fxbib
ted az a child certain peCu isIitits Of
he system which pressfed
some such fond ton es she has lately
shown. AS a child she remembers
laughing and crying without knowing
he cause; and when che Tas % year,
of age she Fl at entered The Salpe.fieIe
TO De treated for psralysie, 10 which
a ImeDt she is still snbj sct. The pres
IN, however, ia not the firt long
sleep Nine. Eudox'e Hedouin has in
du 'eed in. SomeWh-re about the III
OF Nav, 1876, she fell INTO a S!ate OF
rest. La th 8 ttats her isc9 wal calm,
and the eyes were frequent to
b. seen partially uncovered by lheiT
is. From this S ate Of som olsnCe
s7e WIS tesdi y a~Hakeue1 both o. the
7th OF May and on the succeeding
lay. But nature WIS sppar,n'Iv PIE
pting { r greater snd more start ing
III ngs in the way Of re t. On tn
18th OF May, 1875, Euioxie W mt a
u real t. into tue Lao of N d"
hen began o eleep ir which che
did not auaSe TN the q h dey Of tina
month. On the 2S h Of My she loot
full meal, laugtei violently, ard
then became deli iOus Such Ia tHe
pHys'rian \ Teport OF her case, srd tn
latter rema'k 8 intnrs irg ia It's way,
"a prov ny that Beri us disturba c. e
tie uerv US system did re- lily txst,
md m pht b, held rrspos ble for Il e
pr )tract.d rest Of lh4 patient, We
lave no detai 8 Of Eudcx = Hedouin'-
hittlrv b tw on M ~, 1876, and nu
ary, 1885. But in ths | st named snd
Ill ceedlDg month { is Vomau slept
dur ng fiji y days. Then me- the
slesp of eighteeu days from VIII III she
mas let woke up. l. IS moe
than p OBJ lble that this Iende1cy to
somno ence vii cou inue, ior medical
experience pr w g. lsrably c)nClusivy
Ia Its ssssIti D N that such cases az
z yea to r pea their eculi ri y I'd n
in tnm. TIA the 8 eep of I'll d u n,
however, b lrdeB on tie clndit o
kOown finn iliarly as y tsiis, and that
IL is to he reg rdtd at0'r "a a cJndi-
lion Stimulating sl,epi < than as thu
true a d verllaole rest OF broiu itself,
Gems o be proved by an lnteretttg
experiment made by DR.. Vo SID, VIII
~ charge Of t o case a. the ST..
etrierA. During her ir-t at ack Of
sleep, D.. Voisin ircl 9 d in a piece OF
AZ a drug cipt Bile of C using WON'T
| g, and PLACID lhis on the tkin with
ont saying aoyt jig to the pa lent Of
h 8 dong. AS might b. * Iected. no
result Toll wed his p or, dnrA TIE
drug bang removed, D.. Voisio fold 80
q pie e 81 paper, periec ly mp y, ard
p'ac'd it On the pate nt's k u, r. m rk
l,g VI the tame ,lme aloud, aud ip
no patients hearing, that |" ae w,u'd
Certainly vomit." en- mi utes a t r
ward This latt,r rtsllt tap
pened. Eudox ., 1t WIS dear,
W latever her con .ition a. to sep
actu Ally h, ard what the physici N had
AID. rhs tx d d a producet BY D..
Voisin's words had Is ,ffec'. The
ase re- .embles that # the p r on who
swallow twenty drops of Iurs wtr
uuder the idea that The fluid Ia NOR
phia, nd falls in Il profound 8 eep, as
4 he had aCtua lyt sea IN p ate.
Thee are otl or q en- n q IN thu
case at the Sa pttre Q Ho pi a. thst
belong o u Ia " aud ever incrf asipg
Y, w OF inciden 8 wnirh t all US bow
he b ain may lndu o the appeNanc
a d co d tlun OF sleep or rett, white
& thu sam Tins it shows &C ivy n
C rita n of t. parts cr cente's. Dream.
M and s'e, p ws kiug III 8 rat TINS
CUP ex pctiou OF thu brain in a le'e
rn,io IS p 1 SO nan does the casa OF
End xiu Hedouip, who, for a ! pra, l.
ca purposes, m y, Indeed, be regarded
a, x sung n u state OF natural mes
marl IN.
0oe pot Of this s'a'Cmsnt Is und
IN DR., V isin's experim mt OF givi <
her an empty VI 81, which she Was
tClt toniai ed Ch ,mpagoe and out of
WI icbI ri Q lr edilv crank the sup
pos d liqlor. Slmi airy a piece of
aloes " a given her IN Ia pla Q OF IL
gar, and when ea'en provoked, W. ate
told, "only a slg t grimac :" Here
there / evi len ly a CODiu ed state of
the 8 rises, such ss 8 fsmiliar to every
n wac hAs wi messed n m suer C
ant rtair ment, in winch The subjects
reed y "a snd d lux the mos otter
subs arc 8 and fluids under the i'm
pr sssed liza I'll they are If swe {
and Pleasant character But alued t.
the lpeIriere 'asa is that 4 q true
rance, or rrolor ged eep, in viii h
al tho meNtu t6Culueg ire absolute
dulled. There was snch a case trt ated
net long ago In a Glatgow h'spi a.,
where the pa len, slept on sou iuly,
and apparently in q condition Of
trsnre FIR weeks. II Wa search
among the raCo de- of our learned
solietns Wa nay find numerous
ca 8 OF like kind. Take, for ex-
ample, that OF ore Mary l. al, which
IL relst d in the eighth v,lum Of the
Trdn'dci ne Of the Royal Socjety of
Edinburgh. Here the p5t,en' fail.
asleep ou the morning OF the 9th of
Jnue, aud remails bound in the
ChaiUs Ut INCIDENCE u1'il the eve
ming OF the 80 h OF June. Then comes
a period OF ordn nv life snl &C iv ty.
When the 1t of Juy dewned M-ry
Lya'l went IF again into her slumb
era aid remained impsrviOus 10 the
tim 3 II ordlnrrv exis tnce until the
18th OF August. Ia h days Of wtih
Wa ave speaking medical tr a ment
was OF a certain rnngh-a nd-r a "
rider for we read Of MAJ L. all
being Tied aud bis,sred snd bah d,
by way OF accusing her, but a 10 30
avail. After even days OF her sleep
she began 10 m Ike sig ls that she do
sired 70 d. But the power Of h airing
was alb ant, and did not renn unnl
our days b,fn'e her full recovery.
Her right hand aud arm we're said t.
have been somewhat paraly z d AID
luseutiple 10 touch. When she did
awake the alleged that she had no
KNOWLEDGE of snytuing which had
h pDened IN her sleep. She hal not
been consc ous Of tskiug food, and
ertntaiu d 10 Teno lee ions of having
basn hi tsTsd mr. bl d.
In l7SS ne Eliz beth p rkins fell
into a proiou0d sumb r, and re-
manned in Ills state tor 1t asst twelve
days, when she aSoke OF her own ac-
cor )" adds me ncouut, So the great
Joy II her relatives and worder of he
peighhor Mre. Perkins 9 III n
a. I'D n ava rArn about hos aul-