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stupor. Her eyes were half-open ; but, when desired, she 

 could open them completely. At other times she closed them, 

 as if in conscious of what she did. When desired to look at 

 me, and tell who I was, she gave a vacant kind of stare, and 

 named some other person. When desired to look round, and 

 say where she was, she looked round with some apparent at- 

 tention ; but, though she had been in that room more than 

 once before, she said she was in the New Inn. When de- 

 sired to turn her eyes to the direct rays of the sun, she readily 

 obeyed, but there was no perceptible contraction of the iris. 

 She saw some objects perfectly, for she read quite distinctly a 

 part of the dedication of a book which she could not have seen 

 before, and corrected herself in the pronunciation of the word 

 conspicuous, which she had called conspicious. Being asked to tell 

 the hour by a watch which was shewn to her, she did not give 

 the proper 'answer. Pulse 70 ; extremities rather cold. Be- 

 ing desired to stand up, she did it most readily, but required 

 some time and a little effort to stand firmly, as she staggered 

 at first like a person waked out of sleep. But soon after, she 

 could stand, walk, or dance as well as other people. Being de- 

 sired to sing, she sang a hymn delightfully ; and from a com- 

 parison which I (Dr Dyce) had an opportunity of making, it 

 appeared incomparably better sung than she could sing the 

 same tune when well. The same appeared to be the case to 

 persons whose skill in music was much superior to my own." 



Her hands were immersed in cold water, in consequence of 

 which she recovered her senses, exactly like a person waked 

 out of a sound sleep, and with the same yawning and stretch- 

 ing, This mode of rousing her had often succeeded in the 

 house where she lived, and was tried now at the suggestion of 

 the person who accompanied her. She now knew the persons 

 and things surrounding her. 



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