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Show CHARGED WITH ELECTRICITY. Special to the Herald Examiner Dis- PaNew York, April 6 Frank Corvallo lives on Willoughby street near Pearl, Brooklyn. Corvallo was a guard on the bridgsj cars; now he is one of the most interesting cases under the care of the physicians of Brooklyn hospital About two months ago while Corvallo was on dutv there was a heavy rain storm accompanied ac-companied bv lightning. He says just about the time ol a vivid Pash he felt a singular sensation pass over him. 1 he cars were at that moment in the centre of the bridge He recalls now that he felt squirmish and that he seemed to be unable to move about the platform. At 10 o'clock in the moruing Corvailo went home to his family and to bed. Next morning while eating breakfast .he was very nervous, and he told his wile of his experience the previous night. She ad vised him to get a substitute and refrain from work a couple of days and rest. He did so That afternoon Corvallo, while using his knife, noticed theblabe seemed seem-ed to stick to his fingers. At dinner while sharpening the table knife with the steel the latter artical felt as if it were elued to his hand. Corvallo thought tue niciuetu ruic. n.Su,n., forebore telling his wife, as he did n ot wish to frighten her as she was nursing a baby. In two days Corvallo started to go to work. As he crossed the street he stepped 0.1 the car track and it was with difficulty that he was able to lift his feet up Corvalle returning home sent ene ot his children for a docter. The latter after hearing Corvallo's statement, state-ment, attributed the alleged remarkable occurrence to imagination and gave his patient an opiate, but Corvallo seemed to be worse next day. He had been sleeping in an iron bedstead and it W'as as much as he could do t rise from his couch. Going to work was out of tie question. When tin doctor called during dur-ing the day, he was surprised to see the singular effect that the contact of knives and scissors had on his patient. Corn-vallo Corn-vallo is at the hospital. He is not allow ed to use any article in which there is iron. His food, which consists of cereal preparations and vegetables, is partak-1 in of with the aid ot wooden spoons and forks The hospital physicians say they can only cureCorvallo by keeping him fin a low diet. Thev think Corvallo naturally of robust health, had his blood highly magnetized during the storm of that memorable night, Corvallo joking ly savs that if the doctors can't eure him he will go to a dime museum and exhibit ex-hibit himself as a human magnet. |