Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-12-01
PerRlFleo ALIVE
Strange and Agonizing suferings of
Lockport q. ~ Lady.

strange ana A&ouizing Sufferiugs of
LociSPort a. - Lady.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burridge Bullock.
daughter Of Mr. Benjamin Burridge.
of Lockport N. T.. who died recently
says the Baltimore Herald, was
sufferer from strange ailment. She
was, so to speak. in an almost com
plete state OF ossification for the past
five years, and her joints had become
stifened SO that it was impossible for
her to live. She was a most intense
sufferer from the pain attendant upon
the advances of the disease. The con-
tracing and drawing of the bones q =
cords OF the body was agonizin" NJ
see the frightful. distorted a. e.,
ated remains of what was 80, einac!-
tifnl and perfect wor -, oee 3 Oeau-
Bullock sufferea "a :" "has mrs.
ths fin vas thirty-six years old at
80. % OF her death. When thirteen
'o-t.s OF age she was a plump girl. at
I tendant upon the Washburn street
school here. One day. with other plav-
mates. she climbed a tree and was
dared to jump from one of the branch
es. This she did, breaking her collar
bone al :. - ..,;... her I@@ht knee. A
swelling appeared OH the inside o. the
knee, which troubled her more or less
as years advanced. In 1873 medical
aid was first called in to treat her for
llef knee, the pain from which had
grown TO be quite severe, she having
caught cold In tile member while
skating. Sine married in 1874. Some
years later her bones began to stiffen
and trouble her some. Five wears
ago the joints became hardened
aud ossified and she was help.
less. Her teeth were all drawn ont
from the upper jaw and both Jaws
set. Physicians inserted a piece OF
thin wood between lie lower set of
teeth and the gums TO keep the teeth
from injuring them. 1t was about
three months after the first appear
ance of the ridgidity of the bones be-
fore the body was completely affected.
Her health was completely undermin.
ed. and the last five years she has been
falling gradually from day to day. The |
effect can be realized when from n |
strong. healthful woman weighing one
hundred and eight pounds. She faded |
away TO almost mere skeleton, weigh |
ing only thirty pounds when she died. |
Her joints not only hardened, but
the cords of her body contracted and |
drew them into all manner of shapes.
The hip joint on the right side was |
out of the socket. and pro. |
truded frightfully. The left limb was |
drawn out of all shape, as were the
hands and head. She subsisted on food |
prepared for her. She fed herself.
tooth in the lower set being removed |
to admit the nOurishmenL Her right
hand was mOtionless but her left was
able 10 guide a little. She was thus /
enabled 10 write some. She read east
". and talked readily 10 the time of
her DEATH
For the past three years Mrs. Bull
lock resided with her father She was
was patient, and never was known 10
The only similar case. and
then it is not in such marked degree rs
his, is that OF jonathan Bass The o.
sitied man, of Lewiston. Bass is per
Iectly rigid. but has not the contrasps
ion of his joints. Mrs. Bullock's
disease is called ehalky govt and
'halky rbeumatism. aud many other
lames pertaining to diseases of the
bone.