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to have her bled. An emetic was exhibited, and brought up 

 from the stomach a black matter, appearing to consist partly 

 of old and darkened blood. 



On the 18th of June she felt a little fulness and uneasiness 

 in her breasts. 



On the evening of the 11th there was a slight appearance of 

 the menstrual discharge, which disappeared next day. 



On the 15th the same appearance occurred. 



The menses appeared regularly on the 9th of July and the 

 5th of August. 



Ever after the first appearance of this discharge she conti- 

 nued free from complaint, up to the time when Dr Dyce's ac- 

 count closes, when he had just seen his quondam patient more 

 than a year after she had been perfectly well. 



This case certainly gives an interesting illustration of the 

 obliquities to which the physiology of the nerves, and the ex- 

 ercise of the mental powers are subject. 



Somnambulism is in itself a very remarkable phenomenon, 

 not so much from the partiality of the affection of the senses 

 implied in it, for this is sufficiently exemplified in the act of 

 dreaming, in which the imagination alone is active, and is not 

 guided, and but very obscurely influenced, by any of the objects 

 which solicit the external senses. It is well known, however, 

 to those who have studied the history of dreams, that this is 

 not always the case, and that in many instances the manner 

 of dreaming is dictated not only by the scenes in which the in- 

 dividual has been engaged when awake, but by those objects 

 which are at the time presented to his senses, especially to 

 those of touch and hearing. The most remarkable circum- 

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