MEDICAL CLAIRVOYANCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1807, 7 October 1884, Page 2

MEDICAL CLAIRVOYANCE.

(From the N,Z. Times,

Mr Quick, formerly of Masterton and now a resident of Wellington, has a daughter of about sixteen years of age, who, he claims, has the remarkable power or gift of medical clairvoyauce. that is to say, that she can,' while in a iranoe, diagnose any complaint or defect in any part of the body of. i person with wViii she is brought into immediate caftct, On Saturday last a representative orchis journal attended at Mr Quick's house for the purpose of witnessing a lest which had been arranged fcv. We propose to give an outline of what actually transpired leaving such inferences to be drawn as may surest themselves. The patient for the nonce was a young lady of about 18, who has for some time past been suffering from an ailment which had not been definitely diagnosed, but the symptoms of which, wo were given to understand, had not been made known to either Mr Quick or his daughter. The clairvoyant grasped (he patient's ungloved band, aud, Mr Quick havius made a few mesmeric passes ever her forehead, she fell apparently asleep. Presently she begin to breathe heavily, to rasp, and sigh in such a manner as a stifled sob. The whole of iheTpjer part of her body was'convulsed, awf!appeared' ■to evidence, by frequent twitchings and spasmodic jerks, the evidence of some strong controlling power. This lastedfor about ten minutes, at the end of sw:h time Mr Quick,' remarking .•tbafhis daughter was unusually long in subduing, into the trance, repeated the raesmerio ■passes, and shading hio eyes wMi his hands, fixe-1 his gaze firmly on the clairvoyant's face,- Almost immediately the-girl began to speak, slowly aud in a disjointed manner at first, but presently easily and fluently on tho condition of the patient's internal organism. Suon afior she began to write on a slato -a complete account ot the ailments from which the patient, presumably, wai suffering. The writing was erratic and oronked (the clairvoyaut'o eyes being closed), but ' replote. with medical phraseology. From the wri'ing diagnosis it appeared that the patient was Buffering from contraction of. internal organs, induced by a .continued silting or stooping posture. While, writing, Miss Quick sat perfectly quiet, and'{fßfpr tho moving other hand as it lotted tho slate, was apparently ooncerned. At the conclusm / #of the -diagnosis, Mr Quick commas}3ed bis daughter to show him what were the symptoms .of pain exhibited by the lady under treatment . Inßtantly the clairvoyant (still retaining the patient's hand) leant hack in her chair and began to cry piteously, grasping her hair with the band at liberty, and exhibiting ail tliesyraptoms of a hysterical attack. In about threo minutes she dropped her hand, and, to all intents and purposesj fainted. The clair* voyant having recovered her former passive state, the patient at Mr Quick's instruction, put several questions to ber, "Will singing hurt me 1" was the first query, and after a moment's pause, the clairvoyant replied, " Yes, you must not sing for a time, at any rate," "Will walking hurt me?" The auswer was prompt— ,( No you mußt walk about as much as you can." Mr Quiok thereupon inquired of his daughter what medicine the patient must take. This, however, the clairvoyant was unable ■to say, beyond that it (jaw a atimulent. thenameof which shrcobld not remember. This oonoluded the sitting or seance, or be termed. Subsequently in reporter, ihe patient decLedJhat the symptoms shown by. the clairvoyant were exactly "similar.- to those which she exhibited under an attack,' add ihißJwas corroborated by another lady .present.;. '"