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was pale as the moon, but quite evident to mamma, 
myself, and sisters, who were watching over her 
at the time. One of us, at first, thought that it 
was lightning, till shortly afterwards we fancied 
we perceived a sort of tremulous glimmer playmg 
around the head of the bed; and then, recollect- 
ing that we had read something of a similar 
nature having been observed previous to disso- 
lution, we had candles brought into the room, 
fearme our dear sister would perceive it, and 
that it might disturb the tranquillity of her last 
moments.” 
We are told of a similar luminous apparition 
around the person, and in the room, of a man 
who had been lying ill of a lingering disease, of 
which he afterwards died, in the south-west of 
Ireland. 
In 1840, Donovan published, in the ‘ Dublin 
Medical Press,’ a very curious case of phospho- 
rescence upon the living body of aman. ‘I was 
sent for,” he says, “‘ to see Harrington, in Decem- 
ber, 1828. He had been under the care of my 
predecessor, and had been entered in the dispen- 
sary book as a phthisical patient ; and on referring 
to my note-book, I find that the stethoscopic 
and other indications of phthisis were indubit- 
able. He was under my care for about five years, 
during which time the symptoms continued sta- 
tionary, and I had discontinued my attendance 
