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the midst of an immense system of mechanical combina- Anxiety : in- 

 tion, all the parts ofAvhichwere revolving with extreme "ssant recur- 

 •j-^ 1 • 1 i .1 J.' T • 1 ^^"cc of the 



rapidity and noise, and at the same time 1 was impressed same dream. 



with a conviction that the aim or pnrposc of this distract- 

 ing operation was to cure my disorder. When the agita- 

 tion was carried to a certain height, I suddenly awoke, 

 and soon .afterwards fell again into a doze, with repetition 

 of the same dream. After many such repetitions it oc- This rccur- 



curred to me that if I could destroy the impression or *"c°<^c was pre* 



•^ *^ vented by an 



conviction, there might be a probability that the delirious act of discipline 



dream would change its form ; and as the most likely *" '^^ mind, 

 method, I thought that by connecting some simple visible 

 object in my mind, with the notion of cure, that object 

 might be made to occupy the situation of the rapidly 

 moving objects in the dream. The consequence, in some 

 measure, answered my expectation ; for upon the next 

 access, the recollection of the figure of a bottle, to which 

 I had previously directed my mind, presented itself, the 

 rotation ceased, and my subsequent dreams, though dis- 

 turbed, were more various and less irritating. 



The medical treatment consisted in the external appli- Medical treat- 

 cation of leeches to the side, with venesection, and the «ient. 

 saline mixture was taken internally. 



A second night was passed with much agitation in re- Disturbed 

 poated dozing, with dreams, in which, except with regard '^^Sbt '. 

 to the strangeness and inconsistency of the objects that 

 olFered themselves, it was dillicult to distinguish the time 

 ofslcop from that of wakefuhiess. None of that anxiety 

 of mind remained whicii had added to the sullerings of the 



prCMing night. When morning came, the state of the sen- and in the 



nations had either undergone a change ; or it was more easy, morning, a sue* 



n., ^ 1 f- ji 1 • • r \ cession of phan- 



artley* remarks, for the real impressions ot surround- t^sms of faces 



ing objects, to predominate over the phantasms of disease, succeedingeach 

 Being perfectly awake, in full possession of memory, rea- "f^^^^" fo^* a ^""S 

 ^on and calmness, conversing with thosie around nie, and 

 seeing, without difficulty or impediment, every surround^ 

 jng object, I was entertained and delighted with a suc- 

 cession of faces, over which I had no control, either as 

 to their appearance, continuance or removal. 



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