Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16

! VIII restore q normal state to the MIND
and body
Although Mrs. Resented constantly
Inoans for the society Of her husband
and in her delirium necessarily vepeats
his name, the doctors think II abso'
Iutely inadvisable to admit him into hel
presence. They are willing that he
should see her, face, listen to her voice
be near her, but her eyes must not rest
upon him. Therefore, while wearily
waiting for. the recovery Of his wife
Mr.. Rosenfeld visits the hospital daily
He goes up into the ward where she IL
confined, peers In through the door and
looks upon his wife's face. Day after
day this weary vigil has been contin-
ued, but no glance of intelligence has
cheered the weary visitant. Still, pale,
wan and emaciated, the woman lies In
her tranced condition and knows not of
her husbands watchful care.
The physicians all concur in the be-
lief that while Mrs. ROsenfeld's higher
consciousness Is In the allegiance, she Is
still cognizant OF what is going on
about her, although in that cataleptic
condition which prevents her from ex-
pressing her wishes. Some of the
higher medical authorities say she is
practically In the mental state which IL
counterfeit of sleep. In fact, she is
suffering from protracted nightmare.
This is proved by the fact that when
the ambulance came to remove her to
the hospital she was cognizant that she
was about to be removed from her
home, and made feeble, inarticulate
effort to express her fear Of removal.
That she has not at any time lost her
consciousness completely Is proven by
her feeble effort In the hospital to ex-
press the desire to see her husband.
Few similar cases have excited such
interest as that Of Mrs. Rosenfeld. The
investigations growing out Of her case
have called particular attention to the
alarming increase of hysteria in its
graver forms during the past few years.
Not one of the physicians who have
been in attendance upon the case but
has commented upon the increasing
prevalence Of this disease, and no con-
tSHtpoidhCOuS uiscuSc uhoiuS SuCh Sohi-
pleXity Of symptoms as hysteria. A
Brooklyn physician was called only
last week to treat a similar case in n
milder form. AS Is usual, a woman
was the sufferer. She sObbed and act
ed like a spoiled child. The first i'm
pulse of the physician was to throw a
glass of ice cold water into her face.
But such action was prevented by the
overzealousness of her relatives. This
calls attention to the necessity Of isola-
ton in such cases.
When surrounded by loving but medi-
cally ignorant friends the patient can
not be treated in a scientific manner.
Many doctors concur in the belief that
in the milder forms of hysteria a good
trouncing would be more efficacious
than ton of medicine. The reasoning
along this line is that such treatment
would be such violent departure from
precedent that the patient would be
and shocked back into nor
NAL and healthful condition.
In the case of Mrs. Monroe III. Rosen-
field, now at the New York Hospital,
the physicians can give no definite idea
as to how long she may remain in her
present condition. 1t Is altogether
matter Of conjecture as to whether the
treatment Of isolation will be beneficial
In her case.