"Last Tuesday evening she was attacked with severe paroxysms of sneezing." (Image by AnA oMeLeTe.)

From the August 8, 1891 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“Springfield, IL.–The physcians of South Charleston, a village twelve miles east of here, are completely baffled by the case of Miss May Creston, who is literally sneezing to death. She seems to be the victim of a strange nervous affliction and with the lingering effects of a severe case of the grip with which she was attacked last winter. Last Tuesday evening she was attacked with severe paroxysms of sneezing, following each other at rapid intervals. Suddenly the paroxysms stopped, leaving her very exhausted. The girl then went into a trance that lasted twelve hours. The terrified attendants thought the girl was dead. The physician treated her with hypodermic injections. She finally awoke languidly, and in a few minutes the sneezing came on. The physicians have been utterly unable to check them. The girl neither eats nor sleeps and seems to suffer terribly.”