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voluntarily empty his bladder. The urine is high in 
colour and scant in quantity. About eleven o’clock 
every night he seems to show rather more life than at 
any other time, and advantage is taken of this to pour 
a little thin oatmeal gruel, beef-tea, or soup down his 
throat, he opening his lips to allow them to do so, and 
slowly swallowing it. He only takes a very little each 
time, and, if urged to take more, simply keeps his 
mouth shut. About once in every thirty days, not 
exactly at regular intervals, during the evening gener- 
ally, the family will hear a peculiar chattering noise. 
They never take any notice of it, for they know it is 
Jack going down to the outhouse to empty his bowels. 
He then returns to his bed and sleeps. He knows 
enough to throw a quilt over his shoulders at such 
times. 
“ At the time of my visit I found his temperature 96° 
F,, pulse 60, regular, though not strong; respirations 
14, easy and quiet, skin cool. A pin stuck into his 
arm caused no apparent change, and he might be 
pinched until black and blue without its causing him 
the slightest uneasiness. 
“My first visit to Jack was about twenty years ago, 
when I first came to live and practise in the vicinity, 
and it came about in this way. Of course there was a 
talk about the new doctor, and what he could do, so I 
was called to see this queer case. I got all the par- 
ticulars from the friends and neighbours, and what 
means had been tried by other doctors, and then I 
promised to try what I could do. On the following 
day I went again, accompanied by my brother, also a 
physician. We took with us a good galvanic battery. 
One of the handles was placed in each hand and bound 
closely to the fingers with wet bandages. We then 
put on the full power of the instrument. Poor old 
Jack was out of bed in an instant, and I shall never 
