The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-22

fore the age Of two was paralyzed In
his right leg. He had q stroke Of apo
plexy. He had this vision on hearing OF
the death OF Byron: Coming into the
dining room he saw before him the
image Of his dead friend; on advanc-
ing toward ii he recognized that the
vision was due to drapery extended over
the screen. Voltaire, like Cicero. De-
mosthenes. Newton and Walter Scott,
was born under the saddest and most
alarming conditions OF heath. His
feehleness was such that he could not
be taken to church to be christened.
During his first years he manifested
an extraordinary mind. In his old age
he was like bent shadow. He had an
attack Of apoplexy at the age OF S3
His autopsy showed slight thickness
of the bony walls OF the Uranium.
Michael Angelo. while painting The
Last Judgment" fell from his scaffold
and received painful injury In the
leg. He shut himself up and would not
see any one. The elder brother Of
Richelieu. the CARDINAL. was a singular
man; he committed suicide because Of a
rsbuke from his parents. The sister Of
Richslieu was insane. RicEelieu him
self had attacks OF insanity: he would
figure himself as horse. but afte:rward
would have no recollection Of It,
DREAMS AND VISIONS.
Descaltes. after lorg retirement,
was followed by an invisible person who
urged him TO pursue his inves legations
after the truth. Goethe was sure Of
having perceived the image Of himself
coming to meet him. Goethe's mother
died of an apoplectic attack. Cromwell
when at school had an halluc.rat:on In
his room: suddenly the curtains opened
and woman Of gigantic stature ap-
peafed to him. announcing his future
greatness. In the days Of his power he
liked to recount this vision. Cromwell
had violent attacks of melancholic hu-
NOR; he spoke of his hypochondr.a His
entire moral life was moulded BY a
sickly and neuiopathiCal constitution.
which he had at birth. Rousseau was a
type of the melancholiC temperament.
assuming sometimes the symptoms Of
veritable pathetic insanity.
Joan or Arc was genius by her in
trepid VIII; size had faith In ter visions
her faith rested upon the immovab BILE
foundation of Numerous hsliucinations
having the force Of moral and intellect
ual impulsion, making her superior 10
those around her. DR.. Macdonald
thinks that science can pronounce to
her inspirations, but its Judgment does
not diminish In the least the merit of
her heroism. Mohammed was epile ptic
He persistently claimed to be a messs n :
ger from God. receiving his first revela
ton at the age Of AZ Henry Heine died
OF chronic disease of the spinal COL
umn. Lotze was often melancholic,
Moliere suffered from convuls ions; de-
lay or arrangement would throw him
into Convulsion. Mozalt's musical tai
ent was revealed at 3 years of age: be-
tween and he composed pieces with
expertness. Mozart died at 80 of cere-
bral hydropsy. He had a pres ointment
of his approaching end He was subject
to fainting fits before and during the
composition of his famous Requiem. "
chopin ordered by will that he be
buried in gala costume white crayat
small shoes and short trousers He
abandoned his wife. whom he loved, be
cause she offered another person a sea,
before she offered 1t to him. Mime. de
Stael died In state of delirium, which
had lasted several days: according to
some authors, several months. The au-
topsy showed large quantity Of cere-
bral matter and very thin Uranium.
Moreau of Tours says she had a ner-
vous habit Of rolling continually be.
tween her fingers small strips OF paper,
an ample provision of which was kept
on her mantlepiece. She used opium
immoderately. She had a singular idea
during her whole life she wss afraid
of being cold in the tomb she desired
that she be enveloped in fur before
burial