a Woman living without Food or Frink. 7 
fkin; fhe deeps much, and very quiet; but when awake 
keeps a condant whimpering like a new-born weakly 
infant, and fometimes makes an effort to cough. At pre- 
fent no degree of drength can force open her jaws. I 
put the point of my little finger into the gap in her teeth, 
and found the tongue, as far as I could reach, foft and 
moifl ; as I did with my other fingers the mouth and 
cheeks quite to the. back teeth. She never can remain 
a moment, on. her back, but always falls to one fide or to 
the other ; and when her mother fat behind her in the 
bed, and fupported her while I was examining, her body, 
her head hung down, with her chin clofe to her bread, 
nor could I with any force move it backwards, the 
anterior mufcles of the neck being rigid, like a perfon 
in the emprojlhotonos , and in this pofture flie condantly 
lies. 
The above cafe was taken in writing this day, at the 
difeafed woman’s bed-fide, from the mouths of her fa- 
ther and mother, who are known to be people of great 
veracity, and are under no temptation to deceive; for 
they neither afk, expert, or get any thing : their daugh- 
ter’s fituation is a, very great mortification to them, and 
univerfally known and regretted by all their neigh- 
bours. I had along with me, as interpreters .'<0, Mr. Henry 
Robertfon, a very difcreet young gentleman,, elded fou 
(a) The family fpoke only Erfe. 
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