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had been cut Oft. The man lost his case.
The accident insurance companies also
have u lengthy record OF supposed aud
known cases of assumedinjury. One OF the
most peculiar, because OF the manner Of
detection, is that OF man who claimed
an Injury while at work which had caused
him to lose the sight of his left eye.
| The case was brought TO trial, and an
eminent oculist proved him a perjurer.
| Knowing that colors red and green make
black, the specialist Introduced a black
card on which there were few words
written with green ink.
AN ocULIsT's GAME
The supposed oDe-eyed man was then
directed to put on pair OF spectacles with
two different glasses, the one for the left
eye consisting of ordinary glass, while
the one for the right eye being red. He was
then handed the card and told to read
what was written OH &C. He did this without
hesitation and the cheat was exposed.
Four of the members of the jury tried the
glasses, and on covering up the plain glass
over the left eye they could not read the
writing, the green ink and the red glass
making the entire card appear black. The
man had read the writing with his pre-
tended sightless left eye.
Actresses are known to be more per-
sisteDt in the matter OF feigning illness
than any other class of people. Some
times they do this to get sympathy from
the public; sometimes TO place manager
in an embarrassing position.
A recent case is that Of an actress WHO
declared that her throat was in such seri-
Gus condition that she would he unable to
sing her regular engagement. The man.
agemeDt secured the services OF one of
.ahe new specialists to examine her and
ascertain il her throat was really affected
In doing SO the specialist used an artificc.
u He made use OF a Clinical thermometer.
Whats that for?'' asked the patient.
and the doctor replied: This is little
ipstrunient which,, when introduced into
the mouth, registers the exact condition Of
the throat and tells us IL there is any
thing wrong" Fearingt he deception would
be exposed, Che actress said IL was net
her throat at all which troubled her. but
her limbs. She was finally convinced, how
ever, that there was nothing whatever the
matter Will, her. which was the true state
OF affairs, and she sang and danced that
night, MS usual
There are, a great many people who
prefer the comfortable beds in hospital
10 struggling for living. These persons
will feign illness and take any quantity
of medicine in order 10 remain In the in
s,itution wards. Bellevue Hospital in New
York, has doubtless had as many OF these
pretended aiiing men as any other insti-
tuition in the country. The fact that the
medical Staff is changed every few months
makes it quite easy for Il malingerer to
enter under a different name, even after
he has been exposed.
CASE OF FRANK WHITTIER.
One of the most peculiar cases on the
rccordsthereis that of IA man named Frank
Whittier. This man had been circus aero
bat, and bad stood well in his line, until II,
fell one afternoon at performance acd
was carried unconscious to Bellevue. He
remained there for two months, receiving
the most careful treatment and attention.
That spell of illness ruined the man, and he
was never known to work again. In four
months he was back in the hospital again,
claiming that lie suffered terrible pains in
his side, doubtless, lie said, as a result of
his fall.
After a long course of treatment, wheS
the man claimed still to feel no better.
and feigned symptoms that were impossible,
the physicians told him that he would have
to leave the ward where he had been stay
ing, and go into the smallpox section, rs
they feared lie had that disease. The same
day Whittier walked from the institution.
Saving that the painshad suddenly vanished.
He, however, found many excuses for |