STANDING AGAINST A WALL.
WOMAN WHO HAS I>ONF, SO FOR TWENTY YEARS. The doctors of Cleveland. Ohio, are just now greatly interested in the case of Mary Dickerson, who for the past 20 years has slept at night standing up and leaning against a wall. Mrs, Dickerson Is 7H years of age, a small woman, hut exceedingly strong ami wiry for one of her .\ears. Him ifittiritwi l fat physicians that for more thaw 60 years she was addict* mi id the ure of morphine, hut has cured herself of him hahil through hfattWitig tti a religious fevivwl. "H'k thfa WHy," she f#*id, "When 1 tool: the dop* f hud the most Ur* Hhhs dreaom. The omre morph me 1 fool: the tie drains got I found lhat wb/m f look the dop" and went fo hed f would dream of fulling into hell's foe of yohe' «hrouj»h the ! worst tortures, 1 couldn t stand it, land I'd have to get up end take ! more doj*', I couldn't afford that. J had just money enough to buy a Jittlo of the stuff at a lime, and couldn't afford to take it day and night. Ho I started to sle<-p in a chair. That was better, hut the dreams still came, ami so 1 started to sleep standing up. Then 1 had no bad dreams, and I’ve kept it up over since. I coufldn’t sleep in bed now if 1 1 wanted to."
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Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 44, 12 June 1906, Page 7
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