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MEMOIK OF JOHN HCNTER. 
It continued for some time ; then hecame slower 
and slower, till the whole was at rest. After this, he 
slept pretty well, and continued so during the course 
of the next day. On the succeeding day, however, 
the symptoms returned. He could now hardly 
move his head from the horizontal position, and was 
brought home in his carriage, the motion of which 
was most disagreeable. On getting to bed, the gid- 
diness, and the idea of being suspended in the air, 
increased, and the least motion of the head upon the 
pi iow appeared to be so great, that he hardly durst 
uuempt it. If he moved his head but half round, it 
appeared to be moving to some distance with great 
velocity. The idea that he had of his own size was 
that of being two feet long ; and wdien he drew up 
his foot, or pushed it down, it appeared to him to 
be moving a great way. All his sensations, too, 
of light and sound, became most painfully acute. 
He remained in this state for about ten days, and 
was fed as he lay. After this, his ideas of his state 
became more natural : the deception concerning 
his size was in part corrected, and the feeling of sus- 
pension in the air ceased. For some time the fire 
appeared of a deep purple red. When he got so 
w'ell as to be able to stand without giddiness, he was 
unable to walk without support, for his feelings did 
not inform him concerning his centre of gravity, so 
that he was unable to balance his body, or prevent 
himself from falling. 
The real nature and cause of this attack, as of 
