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mufcles deftin’d to that office, but from the hrmnefs of 
the fkin and membrane, which in no wife yielded to 
their contraction. This was the cafe in the other 
parts of the body; the mufcles being, as it were, 
tied down and compreffed by a dry, hard, and un- 
pliable covering. 
As to other particulars ; her fkin had loft its na- 
tural warmth, but was fenfible, when it was prefs'd 
upon by the nails, or a pin ; the patient then faying, 
that fhe felt a pain, as if the fkin were tearing. Her 
pulfe was perceiv’d to be deep, and obfcure ; but 
equal, and regular. Her refpiration was free, and un- 
interrupted ; her digeftion was good, and fire found 
no inconvenience after eating, except a greater ftreight- 
nefs, and an uneafy conftridtion round the belly. As 
to the natural excretions, the alvine were eafy and 
proper ; but the urinary fometimes exceeded the 
quantity of what floe drank, and appear’d loaded 
with falts ; both which circumftances, perhaps, pro- 
ceeded from the fenfible and infenfibie perfpiration 
being intirely wanting. For upon her being afk’d, 
whether fhe ever fweated, fhe anfwer’d, that fhe did 
not, tho’ fhe was ever fo much exercis’d and fatigu’d. 
Her fleep was natural ; fhe had never had the men- 
ftrual evacuation. She faid, her diforder began firffc 
in her neck, which fhe perceiv’d fhe could not move 
as ufual ; then fhe found the fkin of her face and 
forehead to grow hard ; and fo fucceffively, from day 
to day, fhe faw and felt all the external parts of her 
body grow hard, and tenfe. She never had had any 
other difeafe except a little fever fome years before, 
nor had ever been fuddenly or exceffively frighten’d. 
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So 
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