Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-12-02
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Sleeping Her Life Away.

One OF the strsEgast aid most iuter' sting
cases 10 the medical profession, az well IS io
the people, is that Of Miss Grace Glidley, g
pretty young society lady of Amboy, H.
Her singular caee has called the attention O.
the medical profession far ard wide, and
they na.e thus far been unabie TO s9lve the
mystery The investigator called at the
home Of the parenis al Amhoy recently, and
was met at ths door by Mrs GriG ey, q
moherly woman, who, when told Of the 81
rand said:
Il, is very embarrassing for us, ant we
have felt delicate n Eayiog anything tc
strausers abori our dsaT Grace. 'ohere lie
hardly mail ttat does not bring etters OF
advice and inqiries from doctors a0d
strangers from sll over tie country. We
have asked the locai papers TO respect us
10 cur sad bereavement and cay nothing
sb u she matter, apd they heye Respected
cur request, hny a. ycu say, ,ihere have been
reports in other pspsrs. and l 9on'i know
but that it would 5e 6es: have something
like the !acts sppaa', though my hushsnd
or mgseif 20 rot like the rttenton i -as
friends called tc our cad tfiai.
"Grace had q eevere cas- # La Grippe
aloog In February, frcEA whicn, We supposed
she had fully recovared, but in Marct she
had relapse which Ief her leuguid. She
xss alwaysa bright. active child OF ueT
yous temperament She ia now oger %
wears OF sge. We Gsst noticed, that contra
ry to her usual custom, she wanted to lie in
oed in the mo,uing, which gradually grew
upon her until on the 1st of Aprit VS. @s7e
upsbie to arouse har. Medical IS istsnce
was called in, and not uotil strcng current
of electricity had been applied did she
awake. Sha remained a@ake fur two days
and op the third We egsu had to resort to
electricity.
"She awoke with ecresm and said
Don't do that 1t hurts me SO. Mamma, |
don't want to wake am so comfortable.
| understand end know avery thing that Is
going on around me- and she sank back In
that dreadful iethargy you find her In tc-
day. Yss, chs got out of the bed once. 1t
| wss several days efter the second app'ica-
tion OF the battery. and we found her 10 the
front parlor her room is up staiEs-hy the
window, with en- open Bible Oh ber lap. She
turued the leaveR restlesely, but did not
seem 10 read | am cure che did
not know what she was doing, and she did
not appear 10 recognize me- when | led her
back 10 her room. She seems conscious at
times, and to this day notices the presence
of stranger in her room. as the presense oi
any but the famly ds.resses her"
When ssked if it had not been reported
that the strsrge illness had been brought
on by religious excitement ct revival,
Mrs Grl ley said: "There has been such
report, but there is DO truth In 1t. though
Graca ia an ardent Christian and member
Of the church. She has not attended any
rsviveis for over year, and she was never
unduly excited over religion"
Miss Gridley is elowIy wasting awsg,
though ahe is given liquid food about every
three hours and swallows naturally. At
times she seems TO be awake, opening her
eyes about quarter of the way. She turns
herself IN the bsd, aod seems to have COM
plete control Of Der limbs. "When she had
opened her eyes, said Mrs. Gridley, I'VE
have earnestly asked-even implored-
Grace to make some sign, movement OF
the hand or eye, or to do something to chow
tina. she recognizes us, but she makes no
sign. We can't understand It,"