She cannot go in a carriage, because it jars every nerve in her body.

She cannot lie on her back, because her whole spine is so tender.' "When consulted about this lady, I gave it as my opinion that any attempt at cure was hopeless as long as she remained in the country house in which she lived.

I was informed that it was absolutely impossible to get her away, as she could not bear the motion of any carriage, still less of a railway, without the most acute suffering.
Eventually the difficulty was got over by anaesthetizing her, when she was carried on a stretcher to the nearest railway station, and then brought over two hundred miles to London, being all the time more or less completely under the influence of the anaesthetic, administered by her medical attendant, who accompanied her.

I found this lady's state fully justified the account given of her.

She was intensely sensitive to all sounds and to touch.