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He left her for about ten minutes to procure *an emetic, and on 

 his return found that she had thrown herself back on her chair, 

 and that her legs were extended and considerably separated ; 

 she was perfectly sensible and without pain, but seemed in 

 alarm ; laid hold of her husband's coat, and entreated him not 

 to leave her. A perspiration had broken out on her skin, her 

 pulse had become faint and quicker, and sne called frequently 

 for drink. She then had a slight and transient convulsion ; 

 recovering from it, she was in great trepidation, kept fast hold 

 of her husband, and refused to let him go, even for the alleged 

 purpose of getting her drink. In a few minutes she had 

 another and more violent attack, and shortly afterwards a 

 third; the duration of these was a minute and a half to two 

 minutes. In them she retained her grasp ; her whole body 

 was straightened and stiffened, the legs pushed out and forced 

 apart. " I could not/' says Mr. Oilier, " perceive either pulse 

 or respiration ; the face and hands were livid ; the muscles of 

 the former, especially of the lips, violently agitated ; and she 

 made constantly a moaning, chattering noise. She was not 

 unlike one in an epileptic fit, but did not struggle ; though, as 

 she was forced out, it was difficult to keep her from falling on 

 the floor. In the short intervals of the attacks she was quite 

 sensible; was tormented with incessant thirst; perspired; had 

 a very quick and faint pulse ; complained of being sick, and 

 made many attempts to vomit. A fourth and most vehement 

 attack soon followed, in which the whole body was extended 

 to the utmost, and she was rigidly stiff from head to foot ; 

 insomuch that, with all the force of the surgeon, he could not 

 bend the thighs on the pelvis, to replace her on the seat. From 

 this she never recovered ; she fell into a state of asphyxia, and 

 never breathed again. She now relaxed her grasp; her dis- 

 coloured hands dropped upon her knees; her face, too, was 

 livid, her brow contracted, the lips wider apart, showing the 

 whole of the closed teeth, and a salivary foam issued plentifully 

 from the corners of her mouth. The expression of the whole 



