A Human Phenomenon.
Melbourne, February 1. A singular case is engaging the attention of the Ballarat police and medical men, the question at issue being whether a young widow, who is the mother of two children with vagrancy, is seriously ill, or merely malingering. According to the Hospital doctor, Mrs Walsh, who in the first instance was arrested, is a kind of rara avis. A medical man says the woman can expectorate blood whenever she feels so disposed, and another member of the profession alleges that the patient has the power of raising her temperature to no degrees, the highest register of the medical thermometer. Asked if he had heard that medical men had made such statements, Dr Jordoii replied, " Yes, I have heard such is the casethat a woman can run her temperature up to no and vomit at pleasure." The opinion expressed by Dr Champion that Mrs Walsh is malingeting is supported by other doctors who had seen her frequently during the eleven weeks she wes an inmate of the Ballarat hospital. Meantime she remains in the Hospital, many people believing that the woman is seriously ill.
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 7, Issue 7, 4 February 1896, Page 2
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189A Human Phenomenon. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 7, Issue 7, 4 February 1896, Page 2
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