450 NERVOUS SYSTEM. 



they occur when the subject is not in a condition favorable 

 to sound sleep. The experiments made by Maury upon him- 

 self are so curious and interesting, that we quote the most 

 striking of them in full : 1 



FIRST OBSERVATION. " I was tickled with a feather succes- 

 sively on the lips and inside of the nostrils. I dreamed that 

 I was subjected to a horrible punishment, that a mask of 

 pitch was applied to my face, and then roughly torn off, 

 tearing the skin of the lips, the nose, and the face. 



SECOND .OBSERVATION. "A pair of pincers is held at a 

 little distance from my ear, and rubbed with a steel scissors. 

 I dreamed that I heard the ringing of bells ; this soon be- 

 came the tocsin, and I imagined myself in the days of June, 

 1848. 



THIRD OBSERVATION. " I was caused to inhale Cologne- 

 water. I dream that I am in a perfumer's shop, and the 

 idea of perfumes doubtless awakens the idea of the East : 'I 

 am in Cairo, in the shop of Jean Marie Farina. Many ex- 

 travagant adventures follow, the connection of which es- 

 capes me. 



FOURTH OBSERVATION. " I am caused to smell a burning 

 match. I dream that I am at sea (remark that the wind 

 was then blowing in through the windows), and that the 

 Saint-Barbe blew up. 



FIFTH OBSERVATION. " I am slightly pinched on the 

 nape of the neck. I dream that a blister is applied, which 

 recalls the recollection of a physician who had treated me 

 in my infancy. 



SIXTH OBSERVATION. "A piece of hot iron is held to 

 my face, keeping it far enough removed, so that the sensa- 

 tion of heat should be slight. I dream of chauffeurs, who 

 enter houses and force the inmates, by putting their feet 

 to the fire, to reveal where their money was. The idea of 

 the chauffeurs immediately suggests that of the Duchess 

 d'Abrantes, who, I suppose in my dream, has taken me as 



1 MAURY, Le sommeil el les reves, Paris, 1865, p. 132, ef seq. 



