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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 



