People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1894 — A strange Case. [ARTICLE]

A strange Case.

‘ The case of George W. Dixon, a- farmer residing near WoodHonviDe, Ky.. is puzzling his • riends and scientific circles. In 1863 he was stricken in the harvest field and taken home to die. He could talk and was concious, but his body from his neck was rig,-id and appeared to be freezing with cold. His mother, for lack of better medicine, gave him a bottle of camphor. His body soon recovered its natural conditions, but his head seemed burnins: with fever. Under a physician's care he recovered with one singular exception. Ever since, if he exposes himself to .sunshine, whether or not it is hot, his body becomes rigid. It is eqn ally bad for him to be in bright moonlight. For man,y years Iw has slept all day and done his work at night, plowing and soy ing. On very bright nights he either remained indoors or -carried a shade. In all other respects Mr. Dixon is like his fellovi s.