Dr. Mackenzie’s Account of 
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JANET MAG LEOD, unmarried, aged thirty- 
three years and fome months, daughter of donald mac 
leod, tenant in Croick, in the parifh of Kincardine, and 
fhire of Rofs ; in the fifteenth year of her age had a 
pretty fharp epileptic fit : fhe had till then been in perfect 
health, and continued fo till about four years thereafter, 
when fhe had a fecond fit, which lafted a whole day and 
night ; and a few days afterwards, fhe was feized with a 
fever of feveral weeks continuance, from which fhe had 
a flow and very tedious recovery of feveral months. 
During this period fhe loft the natural power of her 
eye* lids, was under the neceffity of keeping them open 
with the fingers of one hand, when fhe had any tiring 
to do with the other, went out, or wanted to look about 
her; in every other refpedl fire was in health and tolera- 
ble fpirits, only here it may be fit to remark, that fire 
never had the leaft appearance of the menfes , but peri- 
odically fpit up blood in pretty large quantities, and at the 
fame time it flowed from the nofe. This vicarious dif- 
charge, according to her mother’s report, happened re- 
gularly every month for feveral years. 
About five years ago, a little before which time the- 
abovementioned periodical difcharge had difappeared, fire 
had a fhort third epileptic fit, which was immediately fuc- 
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