Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-02
How Miriam Rubin Was Cured After Talking
212 Hours Without Stop and Without Resi-
Two of Her Vertebrae Were Found Out of Pc.
sition; Chiropractor Located Trouble and
Brought Relief

Waukegan, ILL.,, Mar. Little Mi
Ram Rubin is steadily improving.
The eight year -old child whose
name has been on the tongue of ev-
eryone all over the country because
of her astounding illness is so near
her own charming self that in a day
or so she will again be playing with
the other children
She has had no more talking
spells" since her strain Of 212 hours
of continuous speaking ceased. Dur
ing the time that the strange talk
ing malady" was in progress. spe-
cialists from Chicago and other points
were summoned and tried to relieve
the strain under which the girl was
suffering.
Then came the relief, a relief as
strange and as sudden as the disease
itself While DIR. r. II. T. Nesbitt,
the family physician, and another
doctor were treating the child. DR..
Paul Berger, chiropractor, came
to the cause, calmly announced that
he could cure the child and pleaded
for a chance to do so.
The family, who had exhausted ev-
cry other means of helping the girl,
consented. Other treatments were
suspended and the other physicians
stepped back to give the new conner
ROOM Dr. Berger, consulting a chart
of the childs spine, ran his finger
lightly over Miriam's back and soon
announced that he had found the
second and the third veterbra out OF
place. The other physicians, on ex-
animation, confirmed this and under
the strong pressure of DR.. Berger's
hands. the bones were snapped back
into place and Miriam uttered sigh
of relief. Soon she fell into a nat
ural sleep, her temperature dropped
and she took good nourishment for
the first time in many days.
DR.. Berger's treatments have been
continued and Miriam is now so far
on the road to recovery that she will
soon be able to return to school and
resume her lessons.
A peculiar element in the case is
that during her epochal period of
constant speech Miriam was entire
ly rational until the fever set in.
| Her appetite was quite normal un-
til the last few hours, and she con-
versed with her parents. Deprived
of a listener her flow of words was
directed principally to school recita-
tions. Her father related an uncan-
ny fact in this connection. He said:
"She conducted entire classes,
talking first as the teacher, then as
herself and then as every member Of
her Schoolroom. She went through
lessons in spelling, arithmetic, gram
mar. She propounded questions in
the same manner as that of her
teacher.
1.-THE disease appeared to develop
a Photographic memory. In the spell
ing lessons we used her spelling book
to follow the list of words one gave
and spelled. 1t is positively inered-
ible, but the child positively pro-
nounced the words in the exact order
in which they occur in the book.
1.-THE same recollection held good
with her other mimic classes. She
in every trivial detail, just as the
lessons were listed in her school
books.
Sometimes, when she wearied of
repeating school lessons, Miriam took
part in imaginary conversation with
her chums of the dancing school and
with her four-year-old sister, Sylvia
Caroline"
BY DR.. PAUL o. BERGER,
The Chiropraetor Who Worked the
Marvellous Cure of Miriam Rubin
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