The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-27
THE ELECTRIC CAR CURE.
A Paralyzed Woman Restored t;
Health by Persistent Riding.

a Paraly2ed Woman Restored to
Health by Persistent Riding.
CHERRYFIELD, Me, April 14.-Mrs. lisa
Hartman, who arrived at her home In
Cherryfield to-day, left here eight weeks
ago a confirmed invalid who did not expect
to live over three months She returns, as
she expresses it, completely cured, and as
young as | was at TO- when | could Jump
over five-rail fence without touching O
hand
Twelve years ago she was a stout, fleshy.
red-faced, healthy woman, the wife of
well-to~day farmer, and capable Of doing
all her own homework without aid. One
day in March. 1879, she went to her kitchen
sink to get dish Of water. AS she raised
her hand she felt tremor and a sharp pain
pass up and down her left side her head be-
gan TO whirl, and she fell to the floor help
less
For six months there was little change In
her condition. She could not speak or feed
herself at all. Then she gradually began to
mend, and at the end Of year was able to
be lifted out of bed and to sit in q chair
bolStered up. In another year she gained
strength enough to articulate; but the use
of her left arm and leg did not come back,
and she and her friends supposed she was a
crippled paralytic for life. At least dozen
different doctors attended her first and last,
and they all said she could never hope to be
any better.
For ten years she endured her malady
patiently, waiting for death to set her free.
From woman weighing over 200 pounds
she fell away until she did not weigh 100.
Last fall her appetite gave out, and in spite
of tonics ap1sthe best of care she began to
sink rapidlSsN Having married daughter
living down toward Hampton in Bangor,
she went to see her two months ago, hoping
a change would give her the relief from
dyspepsia which the doctors had failed to
do.
Her daughters house is near the southerly
limit of the street railway track, and dur
ing the pleasant days of March she often
took her mother out to ride about the city,
These rides were very exhaustive at first,
though Mrs Hartman insisted they did her
good. In about week her appetite showed
marked Improvement and she began to
regain her lost flesh, and what was still
more remarkable. her paralyzed limbs be-
cBme less hard to handle.
In all of their rides Mrs. Hartman occu-
pied the corner seat at the end of the car
while her daughter sat by her side to ward
off any danger that might happen to the
invalid. Mrs. Hartman enjoyed these
rides very much. She talked and laughed
more than she had for years; and after she
had ridden nearly two weeks she assured
ing sensation in the hand and foot that
were paralyzed, as if they we're asleep. As
| both limbs had been without sensation for
| years it was thought to be remarkable, and
the rides were do2bled.
Nothing but benefit came from these
| daily street car rides; and the way Mrs.
| Hartman grew better was a surprise to her
| and miracle to her friends. In FIVE weeks
she discarded her crutch for cane, and in
| week more she had no use for the cane
| and went alone without help.
| All the time she had been taking no medi-
cine. Yet her strength grew. Her recov-
cry was so alarming that one of Bangor's
best physicians was called in to see what
| allied her
"She seems to be as we'll as l am :" said
the doctor, land do not see any need OF
my aid" He was told the story of her late
trouble, and asked to assign a cause for the
! cure.
ut was wholly due to the currents OF
electricity passing through the car" he re,
piled. 'She is natu ally sensitive, and
what to most people would be too weak a
current to be felt, acted rs tonic to her, and
coming when it did, it led to her recovery
l should give her plenty to eat and take heI
out to ride on every possible occasion. Ii
two weeks the last danger from paralysis
will have disappeared, and she can go home
a we'll woman"
The doctors prediction was verified. Sht
is perfectly well-day, and looks fully ter
| years younger than she did when the stroke
overlook her, twelve years ago.