onishment of both, vivid electric sparks passed from the ends
of each finger. This power continued with augmented force from the 25th
of January to the last of February, but finally became extinct about
the middle of May of the same year.

Schneider mentions a strong, healthy, dark-haired Capuchin monk, the
removal of whose head-dress always induced a number of shining,
crackling sparks from his hair or scalp. Bartholinus observed a similar
peculiarity in Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. In another case luminous sparks
were given out whenever the patient passed urine. Marsh relates two
cases of phthisis in which the heads of the patients were surrounded by
phosphorescent lights. Kaster mentions an instance in which light was
seen in the perspiration and on the body linen after violent exertion.
After exertion Jurine, Guyton, and Driessen observed luminous urine
passed by healthy persons, and Nasse mentions the same phenomenon in a
phthisical patient. Percy and Stokes have observed phosphorescence in a
carcinomatous ulcer.

There is a description of a Zulu boy exhibited in Edinburgh in 1882
whose body was so charged with electricity that he could impart a shock
to any of his patrons. He was about six-and-a-half years of age,
bright, happy, and spoke English thoroughly well. From infancy he had
been distinguished for this faculty, variable with the state of the
atmosphere. As a rule, the act of shaking hands was generally attended
by a quivering sensation like that produced by an electric current, and
contact with his tongue gave a still sharper shock.

Sir Charles Bell has made extensive investigation of the subject of
human magnetism and is probably the best authority on the subject, but
many celebrated scientists have studied it thoroughly. In the Pittsburg
Medical Review there is a description of a girl of three and a half, a
blonde, and extremely womanly for her age, who possessed a wonderful
magnetic power. Metal spoons would adhere to her finger-tips, nose, or
chin. The child, however, could not pick up a steel needle, an article
generally very sensitive to the magnet; nor would a penny stick to any
portion of her body.

Only recently there was exhibited through this country a woman named
Annie May Abbott, who styled herself the "Georgia Electric Lady." This
person gave exhibitions of wonderful magnetic power, and invited the
inspection and discussion of medical men. Besides her chief
accomplishment she possessed won