Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17
WALK WHILE ASLEEP
MANIFESTATIONS AID CAUSES or
SOMNhMGULlSM.

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1'''''''' NV" '"' may
lie cured -hr. H"mmond's curious
Experience with IA Young Lady.
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ihci' are more cases oi "pihh"nlb"lSm
among thc poor OF Europe than there are
a,hoi'@ NiHer'c'lhS' san br' 'iae'he NJ.
ii''lmohd 10" NrWS ort"Flh discussing
~" recent uo"nh OF 'oih fHHg'fAI"' VINO
o'',' from 'ne rHoc's OF lalI from II SEC
"''' S'or! WINDOW, uue 10 ""INIhS III MS
''c'p'
J" Aucrica' tne doctor co'l'hn'n'
n,'"I vi we stunt crS from Soinha'n-
n",!s III "re c"''u'eh W." ere ''o""'S" WIN
'.'N'E'N''"h' "''" are W "eI Nvu' 'Vn"e"ci'S'
"''"'N """''9 No"'i"'"'"''''' - ""V q
c"'"'lio'l th'nS "il'csS accoi p""Icu ny epi-
i"PSH some tPilcp'cS WIN ge' up rcE"-
I''lS III inc H'BHC III 'Eeir SIecp una per-
form hcreiI ac.s uhco'SclousiY' DuC III
norman hehitn solhhampuIlSll Is OIL rare
occurrence, NerVDU"' hyS'erl'ai women
are NC 9. 'heI! 10 become Soinii'ihpu!IatH
IMAM H. tS' Many persons VIII Eet up IN
'he night ana move an article from one
part OF the room to another but long
tramps III nightshlrts through CITY streets
are extremely rare
III. Hammond aodcd that most cases OF
so'Hhalhnu!lSn were caused ny gastric or
in'eSt'h"i lrr'a'loh, especHIiy IN chiIu-
hoou' anu "heh the irrI,a'loh Iiau pceh re-
moved Vhc soihhamDullSin disappeared.
Ihe doctor mas an eplIeptlc patient VINO
rises III ms Steep TWO OF IIIcc hl@nts III the
WeeN ana "ii'ockS une coOr Oh MS ROOM
"hICi mas SNIP ioc"' ne hoise always
a"%NeiiS MN, ana ne reV,'rha 10 MS pea.
ne hs9 uo''e 'hlS h"n'reuS oi tI''ea' puu
mas never gone outSiue Oh MS uoor "hiIt
,'N'e'P' rs MS ePliepSy IMPROVES nc VIII
pe c"Itl vi Soiilain ouil9il'
AN 'i.errSII"~ case Vi soihi'ar! pu!'Sh'
""9 'i'"I oi young ia"S OF tiiis clty VINO
Wa ,'e''e" nov io"S "S' ny ~ W "I,"'h
a. l,"'ii'i.o!'u' an" Oh "hoih ne male Il
h'liliOer VI important experiments. Inns
young iauE' VINO pn',essed great personal
no'r"ctloiS' mao Ios' h'r 1hother by dehth
from choiera IN thc "esl. several othtr
members Oh tne fanny sUli'Icc from The
uiScase' sho she "lohe escaped a!thou9h
aiiiloS1 worn o'lu with laIl3ue' eXclteineht
ana grlel. AlIer moving 10 New \ ork she
peE,ah 10 taiN anu 'he! move III her Steep
ana ner la' ipr C"leu III lr. hammond one
evening 10 oo9erNe HVr WhI'e she WE IN
shaI cohuitloh' ABOUT midnight the nurse
ho'Ilcu theih onhI tle young lauy h"u
risen RON ner oed anu was aooUo TO dress
herseI' lheE hlco nrr III the upper haI'
party dressed, "aINihg very Slowly, her
heaa elevated her eyes open, her lips UNI
cioseo ana her handS hanging loosely by
her see
Inc doctos ana the fathcr stood aside t.
leu her pass ana Withou; noticing them
hhe descended the stairs to the parlor.
Then she took match which she had
brouRn1 with her' struck hight on the
mantelplece and ut the gas She threw
herself IN an armenian ana looked lntentIy
at portrait OF her mother hanging over
the manteL me IN TINS position DR..
hammond careIully examined her counte-
nance ana performed number OF expert
ments TO ascertain TIC condition of the
senses as TO actlVltN. she was much paler
imam usual ana her Wlde open eyes dld not
WINK when the mana was brought suddenly
III cIoSe proximity 10 theM' ma she
was awake the muscles or her face were
almost constantly III actlon, but now were
perfect ~ S'lIl'
Dr. hammond hcIu large DOCK between
her eyes anu the picture SAe was apparently
looking at so that she could not possibly
see the Ia'tcr uut She continued 10 gaze IN
the same direction rs II 10 "h-tacl" was
lhterposeH' lhen the doctor made several
motions rs II ABOUT TO strike her IN th4
race. bUt she m"u' no htteinnU 10 ward or
the blows nor ana she give inc sHShtes6
sl@h that she saw ms actions. lie touched
the corner OF each eye Win lcAd pencil,
but she dlu not cIoSt hrr eyclIps' ana ne
hecaMf periec'IJ SATISFIED that she dld not
seat IcHsG Wl'h her eNoS.
lhsh Dr' hammond Ac'u lI@hted sui
phur hatch under the young IAdy nose,
so that she could not avoid lnhallng the
gas when escaped, nut she showed no lrrl-
tatlon' ana coIo@ne ana other perfumes
ana smellihG salts maze no obvious nm
preston on hcr oIIactofE nerves linen
through her partly open mouth he intro
duceu piece OF bread soaked IN lemon
juice nut she evidently 1alIed to perceive
the sour taste ana another piece OF bread
saturated WITH solution OF qulnlne was
lnel1ectual: Inc TWO pieces OF bread re-
NAMED IN her mouth a minute, and We're
then chewed and swallowed.
Inc young lazy no" began TO pace the
iioor III an aGitated manner, wrinEing her
hands and sobblng violently, and loud
noises made close TO her ears FAILED to in
tcrrupt her. scratching the back of her