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the patient half-opened her eyelids, and looked 

 about her with astonishment; the pulse be- 

 came perceptible for a few moments, and all 

 present thought she was saved. We put a 

 few questions to her; the patient could not 

 answer us, but she nodded as much as to say 

 " yes," when asked if she felt better. But this 

 was all we could do in her case. The circu- 

 lation stopped again, the patient relapsed into 

 her state of insensibility and died two hoars 

 after the injection. 



The result obtained in this instance had not 

 answered our expectation. However, the cir- 

 culation had for a minute or two resumed its 

 course, and a flash of reason had once more 

 shown itself. 



I thought the experiment ought to be re- 

 peated, and accordingly the next morning I 

 made another trial. The patient this time was 

 a working shoemaker, thirty-eight years of age, 

 exactly in the same far-gone, hopeless state as 

 the patient of the day before. In his case, 

 the inward commotion caused by the injection 

 was more powerful; twenty minutes after 

 the injection he was able to see, to understand, 

 to speak, to raise his head ; but this vital re- 



