A LIVING SKELETON. The Fasting Indiana Girl.
The Chicago "Times'" Delphi (lud.) special says : Dr. Reed, the physician attending Mary Baker, the fasting girl of Menon, White county, on March 12 aavi that the family is flooded with letters daily from prominent physicians, making inquiry as to the gul'a condition. She has pasec-d her one hundred and fiftyeighth day. In thie time, with the exception of a few swallows of nourishment, not a mouthful of food haa been taken. The pbyeiciau states that she ip a living skeleton. The akin on her stomach fairly clinga to her backbone. She ie able to talk in a low voice, and her mind is am clear as ever it was. What is now seeping her alive is a my3tery which no one pretends to eolve. Her determination to geb well undoubtedly has gone far toward prolonging her Ho. Her death has been hourly expected for three months. In case sho diei?, she has got a promise from her parents that no knifa shall be used on her body.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 199, 16 April 1887, Page 3
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175A LIVING SKELETON. The Fasting Indiana Girl. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 199, 16 April 1887, Page 3
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