The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Grenoble July 20. In the Gazette of the 20th of June, mention was made of a child at Chateauroux, a parish near Embrun who had then lived near a year without nourishment. They now write from that city that he is still alive, and even in better health than he was last year; that he is strong enough to climb up trees, and carry food to his father's labourers in the fields. This child's face, notwithstanding his abstinence, is plump and ruddy; yet his figure is commonly enough, but the fingers and toes are lean, and have an earthy scent. The skin and muscles of the lower part of the belly, seem to be glued to the back-bone, and consequently most of the digestive viscera are obliterated. He fell into this condition after a great sickness, and ever since has had an invincible aversion to food.