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Or walk very quickly, as if impatient to finish whatever she 

 had in hand. Her health, however, appeared to be perfectly 

 restored, except that her menses were obstructed. On Tuesday 

 morning, June 27th, about four days after her return to service, 

 she was found in bed in a deep sleep, with the appearance of blood 

 having flowed from her nose ; and about half a Scotch pint of 

 blood was perceived on the floor, at her bed-side. All attempts 

 to awaken her were utterly ineffectual ; and she was conveyed in 

 a cart to her father's house, about half a mile distant from Bud- 

 den. Dr Gibson, physician in Montrose, having been called, 

 a pound of blood was taken from her arm ; but she still remain- 

 ed in the same lethargic state, without making the slightest 

 motion, or taking any nourishment, or having any kind of eva- 

 cuation, till the afternoon of Friday the 30th day of June, 

 when she awoke of her own accord, and asked for food. At 

 this period she possessed all her mental and bodily faculties ; 

 mentioned distinctly, that she recollected her having been awa- 

 kened on Tuesday morning at two o'clock, by a bleeding at her 

 nose, which flowed very rapidly ; said, that she held her head 

 over the bed-side till the bleeding stopped ; but declared, that, 

 from that moment, she had no feeling or remembrance of any 

 thing, and felt only as if she had taken a very long sleep. An 

 injection was administered with good effect, and she went to 

 sleep as usual ; but, next morning, (Saturday, July 1.), she was 

 found in the same state of profound sleep as before. Her 

 breathing was so gentle as to be scarcely perceptible ; her coun- 

 tenance remarkably placid, and free from any expression of 

 distress ; but her jaws were so firmly locked, that no kind of 

 food or liquid could be introduced into her mouth. In this si- 

 tuation she continued for the space of seven days, without any 

 motion, food, or evacuation either of urine or faeces. At the 

 end of seven days she began to move her left hand ; and, by 



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