2022-04-29

In 1921, a doctor named W.H. Wilmer published an odd story about a haunted house in the American Journal of Ophthalmology. The family who lived in this haunted residence, called the H family in the medical literature, began experiencing weird10 phenomena11 when they moved into an old house—hearing furniture moving around and strange voices in the night, feeling the presence of invisible specters. They reported being held down in bed by ghosts, feeling weak, and more. As it turned out, a faulty furnace was filling their house with carbon monoxide, causing aural12 and visual hallucinations. The furnace was fixed13, and the H family went back to their lives, sans ghosts.

1921年，一位名叫W·H·威尔默的医生在《美国眼科学杂志》上发表了一篇关于“鬼屋”的奇谈。住在鬼屋里的一家人在这本医学杂志中被称为H家，他们搬进这座老房子后就开始怪事连连。他们在夜里听到家具移动和奇怪的声音，感觉隐形的鬼魂在身边游荡。他们还报告称自己被“鬼压床”，感觉虚弱无力，诸如此类。结果发现，因为火炉出了故障，家里充满了一氧化碳气体，从而引发了听觉和视觉上的幻觉。后来炉子修好了，H家又回到了没有鬼的正常生活。