Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-02
A REMARKABLE CURE.
A Physician Spins Story About an In
sane Patient.
(From the New Yorlz sun.l

7
OFrom the New York SUM-
tDurlng NV career az q nbvstoian - said
~ $500 - 20 ~,
Ihe man WITH the white whiSkers II nave
anparentIv' bona1seel,, insane bava racnv-
~, ~
e'eu thelr mental palahee oy mere aecl-
| dent. About g year and q half ago,
| though a c,,ra v,as ofqoc+sd in tho most
- - - -,
a rem I Iashlon nave ever heard on,
aHu i nave Desn sluuylIS ulseaSeS oL Tue
naand Tor more than forty years -.
~ nos DeSH my praeuce LOT some tIIne
~, 70 speilu lhreS or 1Qur Inohlh5 OUT OF eaGL
Seat AZ 4ne OIL 5ne olggest laSdne S 5so
~ tIe STATE. Iney nave Apout zogJ pa
t teIits IN the lhSutullol' ana tne oPpoI-
9AltloS lor sluoyHlS uiS various phases
o. ueinehlia 9re uneNGeueq' Nearly Two
Years ago smut up shop mere ANA nuue
my accusJomeu Trip 10 the asylum, when
Is ABOUT w miles from this city, ana SIT
ualed on Top OF a mountain oyeriooklng
MY friend, Dr. WelIs, the superintendent
erected me corolaily, ana IN response 70
my inquiry as 70, whether ne had anything
more than usually interesting, said:
no unless MT Blank VIII aHuse
You; -
Mr. Blank turned out TO be nand-
some, slSeWarl man, lie was VI one OF Lhe
pay wards, ana was allowed to indulge his
hlHjh-.I1Was, m TACT, az tha[ Tune Weaithy,
ana the owner or q large business, some
AlohtnS peLots ms incarceration N Ine
aoyiqin IN, ~ lal SHOWN s,Sns OF INSANITY I,
ana had peen sent 70 a saqltarlum; Ihere
ne was Hurssu PACK INTO apparent SANITY
anu resumed me Wnere ne had Iett on
IN less th9n Two months ne made an at
tempt to KIN his wife and committed other
dct5 q violence. ne was examined by
e nuIInDsr OF experts, VINO pronounced MIN
a1optelessly insane, ana ADVISED ms inlne1
a!tte A1tGdrGerallon IN the asylum Whlch l
sSlm N Ihe naDlt OF VSltng.
A., WelI' 1 lound 9lf. blank an e&cseolu}S
ny IllereSIlhS, palent. ne hdd p9d speHs
ana gooq Spells, ana When not yloleht was
a splenqid SUBJECT TO STUDY There was
apparently no reason tor ms INSANITY
C9IeIui examination mad revealed no ac-
try and his own mode Of life showed 10Th
ny ny 10 explain ms condNlon; For q dozen
seIeration5 no MEMBER OF ms IaIlly nag
SGlIereu hFoln any lnelltAl ulsoraet, d II
was addicted TO no excuses, and mad not
ailoWeo ms large business interests 70
51'1ID nm IN SO az TO oIeak MIN aoWn .
Fanny, ne was not paretlc; In view OF
an oL winch ne was more imam interest
Al3; -. .-,
n MS moments OF violence ne Was one
o. Ins WoIst pauehts nave, ever seen.
S 2eroag ana po1we.IIIul ne would Dang the
AeepeIS around IKE SO many nlnepus. a
81 aIsn lJaGkel Wouiq hold MN IN, put IL
%ss next next 70 linpos9Dle 70 get one on nun.
"a me otneT ndnu, ne WIS one Oh Ile
gehIles[, most cultivated men | nave ever
seen When r9tonah don't think ne ever
qulte reanzed Where ne was or what was
me 5nat{er WIN nm, put sometimes you
c9 CO TAX TO MIN by the hour on topics
o. me Gay, ana ne Woulq dscllss them
Ii99ost nLelAgehtLy ana Without sign OF
ms ;5r trouble; ,-.,.
- 10 gusro tnlS man, the superlntenqSent
OF me asylum mad assigned a keeper whom
shaH cal JACK for conyenlence; JACK
waS a DIg, good-natured 1elloW, VINO mao
hahqied unaTlcs Tor ten years and knew
ms business thoroughly. He was fearless,
ana nao feLlaIkaple, control OIL ms temper
(, WIch MAGE nm a. an ea
ceeolngly valuable man. In all MS eXpe-
renee, 5noeugh, / don't belteYe JACK mad
eyer 4 45s 70 handle 50 tough patent 2s
MT. shank. Why Blank would tackle
| MN unexpectedly ana without a word OF
warning plant big INST IN his eye or on
ms nose JACK used TO quit at night some
times with both eyes bIackened and his
nose red and swollen. The beatingS that
man took were something remarkable,
| and l used 10 be sorry for him; If he
could only, hit back there might have
| been some happy moments in the job; but
the rule against striking patients was rig
IDLY enforced in the asylum, and not only