The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-03-28

and watched the smoke from his cigar
curl lazily upward as he related few
strange incidents that had come under
his observation professionally.
TIE STORY TOLD BY HOLMES.
Gone case that ! recall" said the doc
tor, s.was that Of q German, member
Of all the musical societies, who late In
life acquired and betrayed an intense
hatred of all women. He had been. hap
PLY married, and no one suspected him
Of this new feeling that began to creep.
over him and destroy the love he had felt
for his wife and the respect for his
mother.
he struggled against 1t and fought 1t,
but 1t was no use, and tho disease, II such
it may be called, began to show itself to
his family and friends, and an instant
estrangement from his wife was the re-.
suit. He ran away from his home and
was finally returned hopelessly insane.
ssNow, I" concluded the Doctor, .'there
was man who was woman hater,
only he did not know it because he was
insane. The physicians bad diagnosed
his case Alright"
The conversation turned then on case
that had been mentioned by Oliver Wen-
dell Holmes in his book. A very young.
boy. had been left In charge of q nurse,
and she had suddenly gone insane. In
her maniacal frenzy she tried to strangle
her innocent charge. and only desisted
when she thought she had succeeded In
her object. Then she killed herself with
q razor, which left her most shocking
sight The boy revived, and the first
thing his eyes fell upon was the corpse.
From that day throughout bis child
hood and up to the day Of his death the
sight Of q woman was enough to throw
him into commissions His nurses were
men, and his family decided 1t best to
seclnde him. No woman ever entered
his apartments, but all the work Of talk
ing care Of. him devolved upon.men. He
died In those rooms. -
Yes, that Is very strange said the
physician, meditatively. '.But ! think ]
know OF one nearly as remarkable, " and
he went ON to relate the following:
Tn the spring Of '61 Twas called In by
q prominent banker to attend to his son,
who had suddenly become afflicted with
q etrange state Of mind; which proved 10
be q hatred Of women. This h{s,fapaily
could not understand, as he had always
been q leader In social events and fond
aof ladies' society. s.:
LEI found the young fellows consitu.
ton very much run down, and made him
admit that he was q victim Of the opium
habit. He also confessed to me an ad-s
venture that had happened to him, but
which I win not repeat, as 1t Is too long,
In which he had been scared nearly out
of his wits by 8 woman.
.s1t was easy enough for me to see that
unless the impression caught and retained
by his mind In its enfeebled state could
be removed; he would remain q woman
hater all his life"
etWas It ever removed, doctor, asked
( one OF the listeners. .s'.es:
Never, was the answer, and the
party relapsed into silence for. q moment.
THEY ANNOYED H1M.
A diversion was caused BY the walters
removal Of an empty bottle and the sub
;stitution Of fresh one, and the conver-
ssation was resumed Il
tcrell us another, doctor" Infatuated
tho newspaper man. .
81 could tell you several more, but
would have to- do 80 briefly, as patient
Is waiting for me" he responded. 81
recollect q gentleman who stood very
high in all affairs connected with educa-
tion in New York. he, too, was q wo-
man, hater. As his opinion on school
affairs was considered valuable, many
teachers, especially ladies, used to runto
him for advice, but as he was deeply en-
gagged in study, their calls were source
Of annoyance to him and irritated him
into the state OF mind that I have mem
toned.
sHe was abachelor, but he finally dis
charged all women servants, substitute.
ing men. And orders were given that
no woman was to be allowed to set foot
within his doors. He has often told me
that women had prevented his reaching
the highest rounds Of science and that he
could never regain the time lost.
81 knew another case where a man
intrusted his entire fortune to q woman
and she made away with 1t and made
woman hater out Of him. He would
never address one.
.sBut, !" concluded the doctor, impress
lively, SCI think that designing mothers
are responsible for many Of the woman
haters, as they frequently prevent their
daughters from marrying the men Of
their choice, and when a girl deserts the
man she loves and marries another, tits
very apt to do mental injury to the
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