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In the work of an Englifti author, we 
meet with the hiftory of a perfon to whom 
a blow upon the head communicated a 
degree of underftanding he had not before 
the accident, and which left him as he re¬ 
covered. (Robinfon, of the Spleen.) Hys¬ 
terical women have, in fome of their ner¬ 
vous attacks, Spoken languages they could 
not Speak when in health. (TifTot Mala¬ 
dies des Nerfs ) Maniacs and hypochon¬ 
driacs, and in general all thofe whofe brain 
is, if I may be allowed the expreffion, in 
a Rate of orgafm, are molt capable of ex¬ 
traordinary bodily exertions, and of Suffer¬ 
ing fatigue, cold, hunger, and watching. 
Some of thofe have periodical attacks, 
which feem to arife from an accumulation 
of electricity in the brain. Dr. Simmons 
who has been in the habit of treating 
people of deranged underftanding, informs 
me, he has obferved, that after they have 
been for fome time in a ft ate of tranquility, 
without 
