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LX VI. An Account of the Cafe of a Boy 
troubled with convulfve Fits cured by the 
Difcharge of JVorms. By the Rev. Ri- 
chard Oram, M. A . Chaplain to the Lord 
Bifop of Ely. 
Read Jan. 26, YOfeph, fon of John and Mary Poftle, 
Jf of Ingham in the county of Norfolk, 
was fubjedt to convulfive fits trom his infancy $ 
which were common and tolerable till he was about 
feven years of age. About that time they began to 
attack him in all the varieties that can be conceived. 
Sometimes he was throv/n upon the ground ; fome- 
times he was twirled round like a top by them ; at 
others he would fpring upwards to a confiderable 
height, &c. and once he leaped over an iron bar, 
that was placed purpofely before the fire to prevent 
his falling into it. He was much burned ; but was 
rendered lb habitually ftupid by his fits, that he ne- 
ver expreffed the lead; fenfe of pain after this acci- 
dent. His intelledl v/as fo much impaired, and al- 
moft deftroyed, by the frequency and violence of his 
fits, that he fcarce feemed to be confcious of any 
thing. He did not acknowlege his father or mother 
by any exprefiions or figns j nor feemed to difiinguifh 
them from other people. If at any time he efcaped 
out of the houfe without the obfervation of the fa- 
mily, he had not underftanding to find and return to 
it ; but would purfue the direction or road he firft 
took, and fometimes lofe himfelf. Once he was 
miffing for a whole night j and found the next 
morning 
