Essays on hypochondriacal and other nervous affections / [John Reid].

  • John Reid
Date:
1816
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Credit: Essays on hypochondriacal and other nervous affections / [John Reid]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the least symptom of life in him. We reasoned a long time about this odd ap- pearance as well as we could, and finding he still continued in that condition, we began to conclude that he had indeed carried the experiment too far, and at last we were satisfied he was actually dead, and were just ready to leave him. This continued about half an hour. By nine o'clock in the morning in autumn, as we were going away, we observed some motion about the body, and upon examination found his pulse and the motion of his heart gradually returning ; he began to breathe gently and speak softly. We were all astonished to the last degree at this unexpected change, and after some further conversation with him and with ourselves, went away fully satisfied as to all the particulars of this fact, but not able to form any rational scheme how to account for it. He after-