A LIVING SKELETON
The " Chicago Timea" Delphi (Tnd.) apacial saya : — " Dr Reed, the phyaiolan attending Mary Baker, the fasting girl of Menon, Whito cuunty, on March 12th aaid that tho fami'y is fl 'oded with lettera daily from prominent physicians, making ' Inquicy a% to tho cirl'a condition. She • htja passed her IDB.h day. In thia time, 1 with tho exceptiun of a few swallows of I nourishment, not a mouthful of food lua 1 been t:iken. The physician atatea that ] ahe io a living skeleton. The akin on hor < atoraich fab-ly dings to her backbone. I She ia able to talk m a low voice, and her ' mind is aa o'ear aa ever it was. What ia now keeping h9«* alive is a myatory which no one pr tonda to s .lvn, Her doer / J ralnation to get well undoubtedly haß l . gono far towards priorgioK her life, \ Hor death haa been hourly exptoted for i three months, In case alio dies, she haa ( gob a promise from her par'enta that no t knife ahull ba used on hoc body, t
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume v, Issue 1533, 15 April 1887, Page 2
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181A LIVING SKELETON Ashburton Guardian, Volume v, Issue 1533, 15 April 1887, Page 2
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