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make up for lost time. He was rather weak mentally, 
but appeared ashamed of his sleepy tendencies, which 
seemed to get worse as he grew older. He lived to be 
about sixty years of age. 
Dr Aug. Robinson of Annapolis has kindly given 
the following notes of a unique case: 
“ John T——, son of a pensioner, is now about sixty- 
two years old. When he was twenty-eight years of age 
his father committed suicide by cutting his throat in a 
fit of insanity. Before his father’s death John had 
shown symptoms of melancholia. He would sit by the 
hour over his father’s bench (cobbler’s) laughing and 
talking to himself, and working himself into a frenzy, 
fighting imaginary foes, and going into immoderate fits 
of laughter. 
“T cannot ascertain, after much enquiry, how long 
this condition of things lasted before he lapsed into his 
present state, but this much is certain, for the last 
thirty years or more, about the end of September every 
year, he falls into a deep sleep or stupor, and, as his 
present condition is a fair sample of the manner in 
which his winters have been passed since he was first 
attacked, I will describe him as I found him on Monday, 
10th December 1888, and repeat what I was told by 
his friends regarding his attack this autumn: 
“ About 31st August Jack went to bed after eating his 
evening meal, as usual, without exhibiting anything out 
of the common in his manner or otherwise, or giving 
any reason for the supposition that he was out of sorts 
in any way. On the following morning he did not get 
up, nor has he shown any more vitality than any sleep- 
ing man up to this time. His sleep is very quiet 
without any stertor, indeed it-is as calm as that of a 
child. Twice in every twenty-four hours he is taken 
up, a person supporting him on each side, holding a 
vessel for his convenience. He knows enough to 
