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few minutes had exertions of his arms and legs like 

 fwimming. He then for half an hour hunted a 

 pack of hounds ; as appeared by his hallooing, and 

 calling the dogs by their names, and difcourfing 

 with the attendants of the chafe, clefciibing exadly 

 a day of hunting, which (I was informed) he had 

 witnefled a year before, going through all the moft 

 minute circumftances of it ; calling to people, \vho 

 \vere then prelent, and lamenting the abfence of 

 others, who were then alfo abfent. After this fcene 

 he imitated, as he lay in bed, fome of the plays of 

 boys, as fwimming and jumping. He then fung 

 an Englifh and then an Italian fong ; part of which 

 with his eyes open, and part with the.m clofed, but 

 could not be .awakened or excited by any violence, 

 which it was proper to ufe. 



After about an hour he came fuddenly to him- 

 felf with apparent furprife, and feemed quite igno- 

 rant of any part of what had paffed, and after bein^ 

 apparently well for half an hour, he fuddenly fell 

 into a great ftupor, with flower pulfe than natural, 

 and a flow moaning refpiration, in which he conti- 

 nued about another half hour, and then recovered. 



The fequel of this difeafe was favourable ; he was 

 direcled one grain of opium at fix every morning, 

 and then to rife out of bed ; at half paft fix he was 

 directed fifteen drops of laudanum in a glafs of wine 

 and water. The fit ft day the paroxyfm became 

 fhorter, and lefs violent. The dofe of opium was 

 increafed to one-half more, and in three or four 

 days the fits left him. The bark and filings of iron 

 were alfo exhibited twice a day ; and I believe the 

 complaint returned no more 



2. In this paroxyfm it muft be obfcrved, that he 

 began with pain, and ended with ftupor, in both 

 circumftances refcmbling a fit of epilepfy. And 

 that therefore the exertions both of mind and body, 

 both the voluntary ones, and thofe immediately ex- 

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