The Parish will case before the Surrogate of the City of New York : medical opinions upon the mental competency of Mr. Parish / by John Watson [and others].

  • Watson, John, 1807-1863.
Date:
1857
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    life, for some reason difficult to explain, says Dr. Del- afield, his food was not swallowed as soon as it was masticated. (I. f. 3299.) I was with him, says the Rev. Dr. Taylor, at about nine o'clock of the nio^ht in which he died; he died at four o'clock the next morning [March 2d, 1856], as I understood; he was then in the agony of death. I found him breathing very heavily, with all the appearance of approaching dissolution; I spoke to him, expressing the hope that he knew me; he turned his head and gave me a nod of recognition, intimating that he knew who I was; he turned his head at my words very distinctly ; I then remarked that I should be very sorry to disturb him, but if you wish, I will make a short prayer; he again looked at me, and nodded his head in acquiescence; during the prayer his heavy breathing was in a measure suppressed, and at its conclusion I took his hand, when he sensibly pressed mine, and I bade him adieu; I never saw him again. (I. f. 3346.) Immediately after rallying from the first shock of the paralysis, he did not always re- cognize his frieuds at first sight. Not so promptly, says Mr. Kernochan, at first; he was very much prostrated; I should say within three months he re- cognized me very promptly, and he continued to recog- nize me quite as much so within one or two years afterwards; he always recognized me afterwards. (I. f. 954.) 7 th.—Disorder of the Might Eye. Some eighteen months or two years after the first stroke of paralysis, although his vision had in the meanwhile been as good as at any time subsequent to the operation for cataract, he began to complain of his 4