Telegram-herald., 1889-07-08

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heart.
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and set SAGA miEst easily be suspected
Ons IL tie Diost Tel k.Oie testimonies
As " tae power II tse hysleric4l person -
siului ate re-l disease N the fscs tast al =
lss1lag LoEd0a hospital over nfty cases of
one f.t-i disease h-ss been sent "a ~ 1oai-
cal inea and eerunad, 4Ed yst IA every one
hysteria only
TIE marvellous cares al hYstcric&l loss 81
voice are very Interesting A pStientc comes,
at times walter ia . holel, who has lost Ais
voice, and place ID consequence; al others .
govefneSs, or perhaps the mother Of fam
ily, or some delicate young lady. None Of
them can speak above very sGft whisper,
and vet, without knowing IL, they vii cough
orciear their throat quite aadibly. TIE his
t0r,sis yearly always the same. Tie disease
did not begin with hyslerla. The patient had
a severe cold al ilrst, and oid lose her voice.
THIS has, however, long siuce Deea cured.
but the yoIceiess state persists, aud would
DO SO iii the ead Of time. A careful exam
inatlou reveals that every thiag Is normal
aud then, by the skiuful use Of judicious
means tue voiceless condition. that has per-
sisted for sometimes years, gradually IS
cured. These patients occ2s ioEally act
uaiiy have states 10 write OF, aud cSa not
speak At al.
Aud yet after treatment in five minutes
they say "Oh - with wonderful vigor Ia
five minutes more they can count, and in
half an hour can shout out every letter Of
the alphabet so as 10 be heard fifty yards OF.
One extremely couaical case, which ws
may just wind up with, was that Of "A very
attractive young lady, "poor, but respect
able" who entered tbs room Of 4 hospital
surgeon short time ago hyirg skeleton,
pursued by her anxious aud csre-worn
mother, holding ia one hand "A pot OF Lie
big and in the other q spoon. She apollo
gized and explained her extraordinary atu-
tude by saying that her daughter had COM
pletely lost her power OF swallowing for
weeks, and had solely been kept alive by u
mysterious process she called suction"
that she had tried all that day 10 induce her
TO take little Lebig, that being light,
nourishing diet, bat in vain. The young
lady said such was the case, that she WAS
truly sorry 10 grieye SO excellent "A mother,
and besides ruin her own health. but She
felt she was going fast, for she could swal
low nothing.
A glass OF water on the table was tried
after much persuasion, but produced such
spasms that not a drop was swallowed.
The mother was then requested 10 wait,
and the daughter was taken 10 the wards
upstairs and q brief course Of treatment
entered upon, tho true nature of the disease
being at once discovered. 1t was SO salts
factory that after few minutes the patient
thought that she felt better, and managed
with difficulty TO swallow little water.
This was not enough, however, SO IL was
continued, with the emineatly happy and
satisfactory result that in half an hour the
young lady was sitting at a table With a
plateful of boiled mutton, turnips and po-
tat0es before her; and her mother was
called up and in her preSence the daughter,
with radiant countenance, completely lin
ished the meal
One curious thing is that all the distor-
tions and contractions Of hysteria disappear
under chloroform. One very obstinate case
| of a contracted aud bent arm oeiicd all ef-
| forts to stralghten it; but when at last
chloroform was given il was at once per
! fectly straight AS the patient came round
it contracted again, and in few hours was
as rigid as ever. She was therefore put 10
sleep the second time. the arm Strengthened,
and then secured IN that position with
plaster Of paris. The result was a perfect
cure.
/ The secret Of curing all hysteria is by
! feeling true sympathy from the conviction
! of the reality OF the disease, but showing
! none In fits. for instance, the friends
/ should not struggle with the sufferer, or
express either alarm or interest; indeed,
the fewer spectators the better, as the pa
Z tient is nearly always partly conscious, and
any interest always increases the violence
/ of her performances. All alcohol should
! invariably be avoided, as it only increases
/ the mslady.
/ One OF the best and safest cures is 10
pour steadily from a height small
stream Of cold water on the face. This will
3 be borne for few minutes, and then efforts
+ made to avoid It, and then consciousness
regained with long drawn sigh.