Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
She is PUZZLE TO DOCTORS.
A PRETTY GIRL WHO CAN FEEL ABB
SOLUTELY NOTHING.
And She Is Engaged to BE Married.
When Any One Looks Hard Mt
Her She Goes Into q
Cataleptic Trance.

When a girl cannot differentiate between
a kiss and a toothbrush, when a dog bite
can pass muster for a hug and a black eye
be accepted for a tender pressure of the
hand, that girl can safely be called a curl
osity. y
Yet, according to the New York Journal.
this Is exactly the case of Julia Einstein.
She Is engaged to be married. but 1t takes
ocular evidence to assure her hat she has
been kissed or her sweetheart greets
her. She cannot feel a hug-she cannot
feel anything except a great WEAKNESS with
her lot. She is in love, she says, but the
doctors are puzzled to know how she be-
came aware that her heart was touched,
for the copper Indian on a penny could not
BIO more impassive.
Perhaps if mere insensibility to bodily
impressions We're the sum of Julia's woes
she might in the end attain happiness. but
Fate, when that goddess took a direct in
terest in Julia's affairs, managed things
very thoroughly. Julia, p years old. pretty
and in love, cannot look into the eyes of
the man she loves and see the message
written there, for. II she does. she promptly
four hours and three doctors to bring her
around. Julia is a factory girl; her sweet
possibility Of keeping three skilled ply
sicians constantly on hand Is therefore ap.
parent, Obdurate parents and want OF
money have spoiled many q match, but the
doctors say this is the first time on record
that nature. having equipped a young WON
an aa,S With the capacity ? !, = for bf,i mental III sl igwsi nss
its outward manifestations.
Blood Poisoning Began 1t.
Seven years ago, Julia Einstein. in rum
maging through a closet, ran a rusty needle
into the back of her hand. The wound was
usual household remedies had been applied
it was left to heal. This 1t obstinateiy re-
fused t. do. and a few days later evidences
From that time Julia Einstein has been an
abnormal young woman. Little by little
there came upon her an absolute anaesthe-
hands were affected. She would pick things
up and drop them because she did not
i kno% aasx we're pros S.a.n e n she H. had to be
watched, for she had. lost natures great
protector-the sense Of pain. A. knife might
sight of the blood would betray. the fact
to the girl; a hot iron might burn her. but 1t
took the odor of the scorching flesh to con-
From her hands the condition spread over
the rest Of her body. until to-day there IL
not a spot upon her in which any sensation
down her throat. and she will not cough.
A needle can be inserted into the eyebaN.
eontraetion n or &c other Change in the Iris. Ali
the t~ortures that could be devised short Of
actual injury have been tried upon the girl
\ III ILS f1OD6 OI 6tiIIluldllUS liz 1OSt
| sense. but it has all been in vain. She can't
feel anything now.
Before these things developed at their
worst Julia attracted the attention OF Max
Graft, a young cloakmaker. In spite of her
sore hand and the lack OF sensation in her
finger tips. Julia was q handsome girl. and
knowing nothing Of what was in store for
her. she accepted Max. He was interested
in his sweetheart's troubles and suggested
| that she change her doctor. That was the
beginning Of many subsequent changes:
Surgeon after surgeon has tried his kill
upon that hand, but none has, been sure
that he really made it heal. Many times
the wound has showed all the signs Of heal
ing, but then the scar has SOftened and
the wound has become larger than ever.
One surgeon suspected Julia of tampering
interest in her case. and he wrote his name
across the wrappings sealed them up.
1t made no difference -.
Normal In All Else.
In every other respect Julia, all this
time, was a perfectly normal girl. She ate.
slept, worked and talked like any one else.
Her pretty face lost none Of Its brightness
the hand refused to heal and the loss OF
sensation was spreading. D,
Finally Julia was told thattthe only way
to cure her and at the same time to stop
sense of feeling was to amputate the hand.
Julia thereupon changed doctors and came
under the treatment of a man who decided
that, the only way to cure the girls sore
to get well. With this end in view he
looked at Julia fixedly and told her in a
very positive tone that her hand was much
better and would soon be healed.
Then the doctor got a surprise. for. as he
spoke. Julia shivered. gave a deep sigh and
went into a cataleptic trance which lasted
four hours. That ended the hypnotic ex-
periments as far as the doctor was csa-