A young medical student from the South attending lectures in this city tells how he cured a patient who was suffering from a curious ailment. The patient was an old negro, who for many weeks had been gradually wasting away from no apparent cause, says the New York Times.
When questioned by his family as to the nature of his trouble, the old fellow would sadly shake his head and beg them not to press the question.
The young student noticed the old man's emaciated condition one day, and becoming interested in the matter, made it his business to find out what the ailment was. It was a difficult job to extort any information from the aged patient, but finally he broke down and confessed that he had been bewitched and had a lizard in his arm.
