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Excerpt from The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1869, Vol. 57 In a few days the attacks of neuralgia and Spasms were mitigated in intensity and diminished in frequency so that she would often be two or three days in a quiet condition. It was then I learned from the friend who attended her that there were times daily when she was not in her normal state of consciousness. This was shown by a difference in her character and actions. She was frequently in conversation with imaginary persons, and supposing circumstances and occurrences which had no existence. As an instance, I found her one day in great distress of mind, and shedding streams of tears. When I asked her friend what had occasioned this dis tress, I was informed that she insisted and complained I had given her a terrible scolding. She did not recognize or pay any attention to me, nor could I persuade her it was all a fallacy. It was sometimes difficult to distinguish the two different states, but the friend had one test on which she relied, and that was to ask her to sing. In the abnormal consciousness she did not hesitate, although she. Had an indifferent voice and no know ledge of music; but in her normal condition no inducements could prevail. Upon her to make the attempt. As the intensity of the nervous attacks diminished, these accessions were less frequent and of shorter duration. After the spasms and neuralgic attacks were got under control, the disturbed manifestations of conscious ness disappeared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We