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Show Oi of AlmoHi ' Marvelous I'ctrlfaction. instant TotbeKJi'or of I lie Sun: The'bride,'without ever nvin it thought, conceived the notion of drinking the water from the boulder. She poured most of it into a glass many tumbler, nearly filling it, and lito I ing it to her hps she drank first c been bo Slit: Thre Uve ,inmJnts hi the papers and wu.a..y letters which it referfor me to answer, in case ct pctniac-,- ; ence to the curious which recently came- under my constrained to write mMee,tnat I am of the whole affair, givinr ni) account time my hypothesis as same at the a -- re-4,e- he ,lc ixnlaiwt-ir- ,)f t,,c rationale: Mr. Frederick lfallor is by profesHe early acquired, sion a liwyer. fondness for the however, quite a natural sciences, especially geology. most He has perhaps Mie largest and Louiin cabinet complete geological to resiana. Whenever he wishes lieve himself from the dry details of l:iv he withdraws himself into his Rock Study," as he calls the he keeps his cabiapartment where net and books relating to science, and there passes m my hours in exand in manipuperiment, in reading, lating the geological and paleontolo-triea- f collections which, through a he has period of nearly thirty years, drawn together Having married early in life, some five years ago he lost his wife and uave up his household affairs to an elJerly maiden Mater. Something over a month ago he married again, taking as his undo a beautiiul ami charming young girl of sixteen. As physician to Iut father's family and an intimate friend I was an honored guest at the marriage ceremony. I am sure I never saw a more beautiful No one could and happy bride have dreamed of the strange fate which awaited her. On the morrow after the wedding Mr. Ilaller took his young bride to his residence, a splendid mansion in the suburbs of the village. She was accompanied by a number of her female friends who were to spend the day with her, while he, having business of importance at his office iu town, promised to return as speedily as he could dispose of the business. The bride, being installed in her new houie, cared to take little notice of household matters for this first day wf matrimonial life, preferring to amuse herself with the friends who had come over with her, knowing that the domestic affairs were in good hands. At about one o'clock: fhe and some three or four f her most intimate fricuds went into Mr. Hal-ler'- s "Hock Study," already mentioned, to look over the cabinet of curiosities, where they amused them-sjlvIn frivolous gayety, such as and young thoughtless girls would harmless and innoceut to indulge in, all appearance. Among the curiosities which Mr. Ilaller had gathered were several round boulders brought from Arkansas. These boulders on being broken present in the central paee a crystallmo'Torniation, and are usually not much larger than the double fists. One of these, however, was unusually largo, measuring twenty-one inches in circumference. Frequently the internal surface, always hollow, contains water, or rather a concentrated solution of nlica in water. This fnct was known to one of the young ladies, who mentioned it. At once they all began to wonder whether there was water in the large boulder. Two of the smaller ones had been brokeu, showing in he centre large crystals, and had contained water, according to the assertion of the lady who had gained her information at some other tnue in a previous visit. At once it was proposed to break the large one, aud several ineffectual attempts were made by thqpi with a geological hammer alwavs present. They called to their aid a colored! wan, a servant on the place, who was requested to break (.pen the rock, its they called it. lie readily assented, being willing to thus render his fint service to the new mistress. A pitcher being placed underneath the Mulder as the man held it, one sturdy blow of m stalwart arm tracked it, and the fluid within rau out and was collected in the pitcher, jcarcely loosing a drop, there being a pint of it, A few additional Lows opened the boulder, presenting wge," fine, transparent crystals of Mwavtz. These were much admired, id other friends were called from the parkr to look at the novelty. es yo-in- ft-th- health of her husband, then tc that of the unmarried frieuds in the room, wishing them shortly to be happy brides like herself, and drained the glass, all being done so quickly that no one had time to interfere or to think that any consequences might follow. At first, it was thought that no harm was done, and it was considered a fine joke aud much merriment was made, l'ut in a few minutes the youthful bride complained of excessive pain iu the stomach, and she began to realize the rashness of her action. A messenger was sent in haste for her husband and myself. Mr. Ilaller's office being near my own, we received the message almost simultaneously, and wc rapidly drovo together in my buggy to his house. When we arrived she was dead, a period of fifteen minutes l aving elapsed after taking the fatal draught to the rtiuie of extinction of life. They were just laying her To my surout on our arrival. found she had grown I that prise in that short period so rigid as to render it difficult to straighten her limbs. In the course of three quarters of an hour her entire body became as hard aud inflexible as bone. I pass over the grief and consternation of the husband aud the family as something too sacred for remark, confining myself exclusively to the scientific facts. It was plain that something akin to ossification had taken place. On more minute examination and inquiry 1 found that the dissolved silha she had taken into her stomach had been absorbed and transmitted by the chylopoictic apparatus and blood vessels throughout the system, and that hei whole body was a petrification. The case being so singular and so sudden tha husband and the bride's family cousented to a partial post mortem examination, othor medical We meu coming to my assistance. found it impossible to cut through )r. any portion with our scalpels. in the broke his scalpel Ferguson first attempt. We were able only to breakthrough the chest with a hatchet, finding extreme difficulty in entering the thoracic cavity, the contents being all solidified. The heart we found as firm' and as solid as a stone, resembling a piece of cornelian as to both clor and consistency.. Entering the abdominal cavity only by moans of repeated blows of the hatchet we found the coutcnts of the stomach, the food, the bile, the liver and other neighboring organs solidified. It is needless to say we found it impossible to remove, anything except in fractured pieces The arteries and veins were perfectly rigid, the blood itself being chauged to stone. Having satisfied ourselves of the stony character of the entire body and its contents it was delivered to the family and interred. Some suspicions having been aroused that there might have been poison in the pitcher which held the silicia solution, all the witnesses have been sworn and have testified under oath. My first object was to secure the remains of the solution of silicia left in the pitcher, there being about an ounce, which I carefully put into a Portions of vial, corking closely. this have been variously tested, the result each time showing simply a very strong solution of silicia in pure The few drops which had water. been left in the tumbler, exposed to evaporation, became iu a short time a hard, clear concrete, resembling flint, or rather transparent quarlz. yielding sparks on being struck against steel. The pathology in this case, while it is very striking, is very plain, although 1 differ with my confreres in regard to the final or ultimate cause. It is well known as a geological fact that petrifactions are due to the infiltration of siliceous earth or lime into the interstitial spaces of the substance undergoing the process. It is well . known also, as a physiological fact, that various substances, usually medical agents, when taken into the stomach are rapidly conveyed to ev- - cry portion of the human body, in some instances in the space of two minutes. Iu this instance in the flint or quartz (calcerous earth) was held in solution and being swallowed was rapidly conveyed everywhere through out the body, filling the iuterstiti.il spaces, and the uecessary result was almost instantaneous petrifaction, solidifying the tissues and ending in death, the process being that of infiltration. This is the geological view, and while it is in the main correct, it wholly fails to explain why so small an amount of the solution should petrify so large a body and should do so in such a brief time. I do not believe that on the hypothesis of infiltration alone petrifaction would take place so rapidly. There is no doubt of the absorption of the dissolved silicia and of its rapid conveyance to every part of the body, but that the petrifaction is owing to the infiltration I cannot admit. It must be explained upon a different hypothesis. In conclusion, I would say that I have invariably answered all correspondents who have sought information from me in regard to this case who have written in a candid manner searching after truth, and who did not seem to write out of mere idle curiosity. One correspondent went so far as to ask whether the body could be obtained for exhibition, offering a large sum of money. Such unfeeling wretches are not worthy of being replied to. I will add that I may be still addressed at Marksville, La., but that after the 1st of March I shall be for the greater part of next year at Parchim, iu the province of Mecklenburg-Schweri- S. S. u. Ohywr Jorsciik, M. I). P. That this case is not altoanomalous I will cite a pasgether Dr. Austin Flint's recent sage from 'Treatise upon the Practice of Medi- cine," page 52 : A change in composition, due to the deposit of earthy salts, in more or less abundance, constitutes what is called calcareous dcyencration, As just or cretefaction. is this to stated, supervene upon apt the atheromatous deposit in the large arteries aud withiu the heart, leading iu the latter situation to various deformations of the valves. The term ossification is in general incorrectly applied to this change. Virchow prefers the name jntrifac-tion- . cahi-ficatio- n, The italic are the author's own. Further down on the same page he adds GRAIN WANTED. POSTPONEMENT. - 4th Grand Gift Concert! FOR THI BI!(inT 0? THB THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KY. Given, OVER A MILLION IN BANK!! ONE FOURTH IN CASH AND THK REST IN FURNITURE, Sucochs Assure!. 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