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lightning, fill my soul ; but instead of illuminating, they 

 burn and dazzle me. I feel everything; I see nothing. 

 I am excited, but stupid ; I cannot think except in cold 

 blood. The wonderful thing is that I have sound 

 enough tact, penetration, even finesse, if people will 

 wait for me. I make excellent impromptus at leisure ; 

 but at the moment I have nothing ready to say or do. 

 I should converse brilliantly by post, as they say the 

 Spaniards play at chess. When I read of a duke of 

 Savoy who turned back after starting on his journey 

 to say, ' In your teeth ! you Paris shop-keeper ! ' I said, 

 'That is like me!' " 



"But not only is it a labor to me to express, but 

 also to receive, ideas. I have studied men, and I think 

 I am a tolerably good observer; yet I can see nothing 

 of what I do see. I can hardly say that I see anything 

 except what I recall ; I have no power of mind but in 

 my recollection. Of all that is said, of all that is done, 

 of all that passes in my presence, I feel nothing, I 

 appreciate nothing. The external sign is all that strikes 

 me. But after a while it all comes back to me," 



EFFECTS IN WOMEN. 



Local Effects. —The local diseases produced by 

 the vice in females are, of course, of a different nature 

 from those seen in males, on account of the difference 

 in organization. They arise, however, in the same way, 

 congestions at first temporary, ultimately becoming 

 permanent, and resulting in irritation and various dis- 

 orders. 



Leucorrhea.— The results of congestion first ap- 

 pear in the mucous membrane lining the vagina, which 

 is also injured by mechanical irritation, and consists 

 of a catarrhal discharge which enervates the system. 



