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The Jasper Weekly Courier
Jasper, Dubois County, Indiana
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In Hawleyville, Conn., 18-year-old Miss Belle McArthur suffers periodical attacks of suspended animation lasting 5-8 days, appearing dead but acutely aware and in agony without ability to move or speak. She is currently in a trance, drawing medical attention.
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A Young Lady at Hawleyville, Conn., Subject to Periodical Spells of Suspended Animation.
HAWLEYVILLE, Conn., Feb. 6.-A case of "suspended animation" here is attracting the attention of physicians all over the State. The subject is Miss Belle McArthur, aged eighteen years. The attacks come upon her periodically without warning, lasting from five to eight days, causing her to lose control of all physical power and to appear like one who is dead. She is now in one of these trances. A singular feature of the case is that her senses of feeling and hearing are rendered painfully acute, causing her to suffer what she describes as the most terrible agony of knowing all that is going on about her without the ability to express herself. Miss McArthur's general health is good, and when in normal condition she is a bright, witty and vivacious.
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Hawleyville, Conn.
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Feb. 6
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Miss Belle McArthur, aged eighteen, experiences periodical attacks of suspended animation without warning, lasting five to eight days, during which she loses physical control, appears dead, but retains acute senses of feeling and hearing, suffering agony from awareness without ability to express herself. She is currently in such a trance, attracting medical attention.