56 MEMOIR OF JOHN HUNTER. 



It continued for some time ; then became slower 

 and slower, till the whole was at rest. After this, he 

 slept pretty well, and continued so during the course 

 6f the next day. On the succeeding day, however, 

 /he symptoms returned. He could now hardly 

 move his head from the horizontal position, and was 

 brought home in his carriage, the motion of which 

 was most disagreeable. On getting to bed, the gid- 

 diness, and the idea of being suspended in the air, 

 increased, and the least motion of the head upon the 

 pillow appeared to be so great, that he hardly durst 

 attempt it. If he moved his head but half round, it 

 appeared to be moving to some distance with great 

 velocity. The idea that he had of his own size was 

 that of being two feet long ; and when he drew up 

 his foot, or pushed it down, it appeared to him to 

 be moving a great way. All his sensations, too, 

 of light and sound, became most painfully acute. 

 He remained in this state for about ten days, and 

 was fed as he lay. After this, his ideas of his state 

 became more natural : the deception concerning 

 his size was in part corrected, and the feeling of sus- 

 pension in the air ceased. For some time the fire 

 appeared of a deep purple red. When he got so 

 well as to be able to stand without giddiness, he was 

 unable to walk without support, for his feelings did 

 not inform him concerning his centre of gravity, so 

 that he was unable to balance his body, or prevent 

 himself from falling. 



The real nature and cause of this attack, as o! 



