490 DISEASES OF VOLITION. SECT. XXXIV. i. 



universal palfy) are frequently produced after con- 

 vulfions, or other violent exertions ; of this I (hall 

 add a few inftances. 



Platernus mentions fome, who have died apoplec- 

 tic from violent exertions in dancing ; and Dr. 

 Mead, in his Effay on Poifons, records a patient in 

 ihe hydrophobia, who at one effort broke the cords 

 which bound him, and at the fame inftant expired, 

 And it is probable, that thofe, who have expired 

 from immoderate laughter, have died from this 

 paralyfis confequent to violent exertion. Mrs. 

 Scott of Stafford was walking in her garden in per- 

 fect health with her neighbour Mrs. ; the lat- 

 ter accidentally fell into a muddy rivulet, and tried 

 in vain to difengage herfelf by the affiltance of Mrs. 

 Scott's hand. Mrs. Scott exerted her utmoft power 

 for many minutes, firft to aflift her ffiend, and next 

 to pi event herfelf from being pulled into the mo- 

 rafs, as her diftreffed companion would not difen- 

 gage her hand. After other affiftance was procured 

 by their united fcreams, Mrs. Scott walked to a 

 chair about twenty yards from the brook, and was 

 feized with an apoplectic flroke: which continued 

 many days, and terminated in a total lofs of her 

 right arm, and her fpeech ; neither of which me 

 ever after perfectly recovered. 



It is faid, that many people in Holland have died 

 after fkating too long or too violently on their fro- 

 zen canals ; it is probable the death of thefe, and 

 of others, who have died fuddenly in fwimming, has 

 been owing to this great quiefcence or paralyfis j 

 which has fucceeded very violent exertions, added 

 to the concomitant cold, which has had greater 

 effect after the fufferers had been heated and ex- 

 haufted by previous exercife. 



I remember a young man of the name of Nairne 

 at Cambridge, who walking on the edge of a barge 

 fell into the river. His coufm and fellow-ftudent of 



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