CHAPTER III. 



EXCESSIVE FEAR ITS EFFECTS. 



IT is quite wonderful to what a degree the nervous sys- 

 tem can be shaken or deranged by a sudden fright or in- 

 tense fear. So susceptible is the mind to this influence 



FIG. 109. The colt excited by fear. 



that not infrequently very trifling causes in themselves 

 make such an impression upon children and sensitive per- 

 sons as to produce convulsions and insanity that may in 

 some cases end in death. Even large audiences are some- 

 times so panic-stricken by the cry of fire, or some other 



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