160 VERMINOUS DISEASES. 



convulsive asthma,(76) amaurosis, f^y) pleurisy,(78) 

 as well as oth(r convulsive affections, 79) and in 

 women the suppression of the menses. (80) 



pereodique de la Sociite de Medicine de Paris, edited by Dr. 

 Sedillot, a case which deserves a place in this work. A young 

 man of 18 years, of middle size, frizzled hair, large and black 

 eyes, devoted to tlie study of surgery, led a very retired life. 

 During the heats of last summer this young man went often to 

 bathe in the Seine, in the warmth of mid-day. In the begin- 

 ning of June, he gave signs of alienation, to which phrenzy 

 was soon added. Two copious bleedings restored him to tran- 

 quillity ; some days after the delirium reappeared with the same 

 fury ; two new bleedings gave no relief; purgatives did no good j 

 at length the patient was conveyed to the hospital August 

 10, 1803. 



His face was pale, his eyes fixed, the features of his coun- 

 tenance were sunk, and his memory weakened. He was calm 

 at the moment, and dined with a good appetite ; immediately 

 he tears and breaks every thing in his way, he sings, dances, 

 hollows, and threatens with a strong and hoarse voice ; he ut- 

 ters the most obscene language. With the most dissimilar ideas 

 and disconnected phrases, he blends tlie names of his relations, 

 his friends, his professors, and the officers of government He 

 speaks of love, infidelity, courtship, etc. His countenance is by 

 turns red or yellow ; his tongue thick, dry, and covered with a 

 yellow coat; his breath is fetid, and his skin burning; in the 

 evening he ate and drank voraciously. During the night he con- 

 verses quietly, or flies into a passion with those he believes to be 

 near him ; he swears and ruLS about his chamber to extract the 

 nails, ivith ivhich he imagines the pavement of his chamber is 

 studded. His cries are horribly painful ; if one approaches him, 

 he loads him with abuse, he spits in his face ; if any one re- 

 proves him, he threatens, or remains motionless, his eyes shut, 

 leaving his head and limbs to their own weight, or as they are 

 placed, provided the position is that of easy flexion; copious, 

 fetid, brown urine, belly constituted. 



