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ioms has abated, there has come on a habitual lethargy, 

 whenever I sit down ; a palsy of the muscles of the 

 tongue, jaws, and neck, whenever I endeavour to ex- 

 press myself with earnestness, when I begin to address 

 myself to any one, especially in the street, on being 

 contradicted, or spoken harshly to, and while laughing; 

 also of my arms, at a first attempt to strike at any ob- 

 ject, when not irritated, as well as when I am. The 

 effect is momentary, and always succeeded by an im- 

 mediate restoration of energy ; sometimes so sudden 

 as to resemble the electric shock. 



To look back for a number of years, I can perceive 

 a great mitigation in the force of the attacks, but do not 

 expect ever to be entirely rid of them. The affection 

 of my tongue is greatly lessened within six or eight 

 months, during which I have taken into my mouth, 

 every evening, a piece of tobacco, which practice I was 

 recommended to, in order to cure an obstinate rheuma- 

 tism in my jaws, which it has effectually relieved, al- 

 though its effects have been to induce the same debility 

 of my limbs, while chewing it, which a beginner always 

 experiences upon the first use of that article. 



I was thirty years old when first affected ; have not 

 had a fit of sickness in my life, except small-pox and 

 measles ; have ever had a good appetite, but have lived 

 temperately. Vegetables have never suited my sto- 

 mach, so that I have lived chiefly upon animal food and 

 fermented bread ; meat I have eaten but once a day. 

 I seldom indulge in suppers. I usually take coffee 

 twice a day. Every function of the body has been 



