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the torpid state, and she immediately recollected that her mis- 

 tress, had given her orders to stay at home. 



On Friday the 7th of April, Dr Dyce had an opportunity of 

 seeing her under the influence of a fit, in her nlistress's house. 

 He found her running up and down the room, arid arranging 

 things which appeared to her to be in confusion. On being 

 asked if she knew him, she said, " Oh yes, I know that stick 

 and tassel ; they are Dr Dyce's." Her eyelids appeared shut ; 

 but when he stooped, and looked to them from below, he 

 found them not entirely closed. When he raised the upper 

 eyelid a little, it seemed to give her pain, at least she would not 

 allow it to be repeated. When he desired her to point to differ- 

 ent parts of his body and dress, and name them, he found that 

 she could not do it when the light of the candle or fire shone 

 fully on him ; but pointed out every part accurately, when it 

 was placed in the shade. At this time, when he tried again to 

 open the eyelids, he found the pupils greatly contracted, a 

 state the reverse of that which made its appearance in all his 

 previous examinations. This contrariety is not easily expilain- 

 ed when we Consider that the habitudes of the furiction of vi- 

 sion seemed in all other-respfictfe t-he same as on former occa- 

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Oh exaniining life* head 'all overVDrDYOE now remarked par- 

 ticulariyi that'sh^ eb^ifunk much wh^en he touched the upper part, 

 the riegi'dn i€ff th^ fbrFtattfelle. The head Was' shaved, with a view 

 to 'the applicatidh',df -SP'blistery aild he found some degree of 

 swelling id ■ that sltaatiiJri.' The soreness was entirely superfi- 

 ■diai/'forift'li^tiftoiith' -g^ve'^tbei^&me pain as aii-u^t impulse, 

 or^a'^considerafeie ptdiSstir^." >if 5*5'-'' '> " .' :<<f!,' ou'* r- .Jt > , 

 ■''F^na^Mdfiday the) 17th* of Ap*il, tiH^ Friday the 2d of May, 

 she W^sirefrfteim^'anyjia^oxysmV' •'£';t4«>j''£' '"^'JO R^ri !J!CJyiy^> 



Ih d^sequettce of the' appearartce of bloody stoblsj and 

 other' syhiptdliMts 6f a similar nature, Dr Dyce thought proper 



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