Dr. Monro, junior, who had alfo been fent for, came 
to my affiftance. As I could give him no account 
of the caufe of my illnefs ; while he was walking 
through the room, he accidentally cart his eyes on a 
paper I had left on the table, containing the relation 
of my having taken the camphire, and its effeQs 
upon me, fo long as I had been able to mark them. 
Upon this difcovery.he immediately ordered me warm 
water; of which having drank pretty plentifully, i 
foon vomited, and, though more than three hours 
had paired, fince I had taken the camphire, a great 
deal of it was evacuated in an undiftolved ftate. 
While I was holding my head over the bafon into 
which I was vomiting, the fmell of the camphire 
arofe very ftrong, and firft made me recoiled that I 
had taken it, though I could give no diftinCt accoum 
of the time when, or manner how. I now, by the 
Doctor’s, order, drank the juice of two or three le- 
mons and oranges, but was not fenfule of any 1 e- 
nefitfrom them. I mentioned before, that I had 
not only loft all remembrance of my paft actions, 
but alfo the knowledge of almoft every prefent oo- 
; e Ct . but I now began, in fome degree, to lecover 
both 5 though in a manner fo extraordinary as 1 
cannot poftibly defcribe, fo as to give a clear idea of 
it. Among the firft things I recollected, was, 
that I had that day vifited feveral patients ; but 1 
could neither difcover their difeafes, names number 
nor any other circumftance relating to them, 
could like wife recoiled* that I had formerly known 
a great many things, of which I was become mtirely 
ignorant, but could not fall on any method of re- 
covering that knowledge which 1 had loft. A- per- 
