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A perfbn who is abforbed in profound 
and ferious reflections, or who is ftrongly 
afflicted with forrow, is not aware of 
what paffes around him, objects under his 
eyes do not ftrike him, and his food has 
fcarcely the fmalleft tafle. 
We fometimes meet with patients who 
are not confcious of any indifpofltion, 
though their countenance, pulfe, and other 
appearances offer a profpedt of danger. 
Some become infenfible to every thing 
they hold dear, regard every object, and 
hear every converfation with the utmoft 
indifference, and even behold their ap¬ 
proaching diffolution without experiencing 
the lead commotion. 
Senfibility mod commonly increafes. 
It appears that the animal itfelf poffeffes 
a power of increafing it according to ne- 
ceflity, by keeping the indruments of fen- 
fation in a very drong ten (ion, which hap¬ 
pens every time it beftows its whole atten¬ 
tion 
