Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-06-29

coming of the other faculties.
Two weeks ago DR.. Bailey became
positive that the baby could see OBJ
jects, and could hear distinctly. Also
It's mind appeared normal. 1t began
to recognize those about it. 1t knew it's
father and mother and grandmother.
At the same time it began to learn
words. 1t took up the words mani
ma" and papa" and grandma
1t weighed fourteen pounds when
DR.. Bailey began treating it and with
in six weeks the weight had increased
to twenty pounds. 1t began to eat
various kinds of food suggested by the
doctor and instead of crying incessant-
ly, as it had done from infancy until
November %, it slept a great deal
and manifested good humor when it
was awake. 1t is now laughing ba-
by.
Mr.. Bailey said last night that sight
and hearing were given to the child
simply by making normal, through
treatment of the spine, the liver, kid
neys and stomach. The nerves and
blood were restored and with these
in order, the suffering which had been
caused through lack of nutrition, ceas-
ed because the baby began to take pro-
per nourishment in a proper way The
dormant state of the brain was uue to
| the general disorder of the important
bodily functions. With these correct
ed, the brain became healthy and ac-
tive.
When He Took the Baby
when the baby first came to me"
DR.. Bailey said, there was no power
in the muscles. 1t seemed paralyzed
and it's head lay back on it's shoulders.
1t looked imbecihc, but in correcting
the sources of the disorder, we elimin-
ated the imbecile conditions, as a mat
ter of course And these disorders
were corrected by going to the seat OF
the disorder, which was in the spine'
In their little home in Fitzwate1
street last night, the father and mo-
ther of Philomena told of the varied
experiences which have marked the
very young life of the tiny infant
Mrs. Narducci said that Philomena
would be two years old next month. Ir
her first six months little attention
was paid to her. She was sick anc
fretful, but her condition was not con.
sidered alarming.
The mother followed the course ot
most poor mothers and took her baby
to various diSpensaries when anything
appeared wrong. When she was near
ly a year old the infant swallowed {
small piece of black cloth, and while
this cloth was removed from the sys
tenn, it is believed that the effects o-
, the dye in the cloth brought abou
the disorders that made the child dea-
and blind.
. Philomena, the mother. said, wa.
subject to convulsions. At one perioC
. she was afflicted with high fevers ant
a doctor said that she had pneumoni;
| and that she was imbecilic as well. L
, was after that Philomena, through he
mother, began to make the rounds O.
, various institutions. Finally she founC
her way to the Juvenile Court. Vir
, tually it had been determined to isolat,
the child in an imbecilic institution
the impression being general that i
could live only a few months.
Defies the Fates
. Judge MacNeille's order interruptet
this plan, and instead of being in
, home for incurables or imbeciles
> Philomena, growing healthy and fat, i
, still with her mother and deying tn
fates.
: Another baby, whom they hav
: named Rita, has come into the Mar
t ducci home. Rita, is three months oil
5 and is getting the larger share of tn
! mothers attention, and as evidenc
that Philomena is perfectly norma
and human, it is pointed out that sh
= gets frightfully jealous when sh
+, sees the new baby in her mother
e arms.
S When the reporter was departin
from the Narducci home last nigh
= Philomena was fast asleep. She ha
: entertained" the company and wa
a ready for the cradle. Adv.