OUR OF HER MIND.
'A very- teaching case of mental aliena tion in a charming-young woman is described by an exchange. Not long ago her mother found her in her room ener* geticaliy darning stockings, and soon after she appeared in the kitchen and assisted that wondering dame in making and baking bread and pastry. Alarmed by these fearful signs of intellectual disorder her fond parents immediately sent for a skilful physician, who watched her through a key-hold while she sewed buttons on her father's garments. and mended those of her. little'brother. Much affected, the venerable man remarked that nerer during a medical practice of twenty-fire years had he.known any young person to manifest such symptoms as these. The most heart-rending: phase of all, however, was shown the other day, when her kind father, with a faint hope of rousing her frpmi her sad state, gave her £ICO and told her to buy a new dress. Alas ! 'twas useless. She instantly observed that she didn't want a dress, and if he would let her, keep £25 to pay a poor widow's rent she'd much rather he would take the rest of the money for himself, i For a few moments that griof«stricken old gentleman gazed upon bis hapless child, tbe'n hiding his face muttered between his sobs, "Her mind is gone! Her mind is
gone!"
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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4310, 24 October 1882, Page 3
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225OUR OF HER MIND. Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4310, 24 October 1882, Page 3
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