The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-05-02 00:00:00

The Fate of Lamon.

OF.CIAIoN OF THE HOME SECRETARY.

EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT BY THE
co!, VIM

The f-ilowirg bettor mil reoeleei yestardey by Mr.
A. W. Milk, the ounvict's

Whitehall, 26th April, 1882.
Sir,—l am directed 1.1 Secretary Air William Vernon
Harcourt to acqua at you that be has considered the
affidavits sod decimation forwarded by your's,
the came of George H. Imeneon, end regrets be at=
in them no sufficient ground for advieiog an ioterferencs
with the sentence of the law.—! am, sir, your obedient
ItlrrVeirt, A. F. 0. LIDDELL.
A. W. Mills, Esc, 6, Sonthnquare, Gray's Inn.
when Mr. Austin, from the office of Mr. Mllla nailed
the °mirk% in Wendel/era-001.n Weriomday he found
Ltd t the c endemned man had "'Tiffin KT. Mcli. on
imamate account of his (the coasiee" igpsiiinne of fn.
mental and ino.al metamoryboeie ennead In him by the
use, long continued, of monibia and strophia. Lorneoa,
In his communication, eays :—" 1 dad not use the lint drag
alone but Inc oubinatios with the latter, not is had been
▪ ippe:sed to counteract the contracting effect of wapitis
upon to. pup.la 4 the eye (Word, acting intensely i.e
dilator of the pupils), but bee sue it not only enhanced the
effects of morphia as • sedative, anodyne and narcotic,
but also b,caus, it got* Or nearly quit. OVerratile t%II
lack ness caused I.y the morphia. The habit becse formed
from it. having been Lot Inlect,d hypodermically by •
colleague to relieve pain. 1 then took it myself,
having considerable work to attend to. andln
order to brace myself for my professional duties
when in pen. After • abort time it became absolutely
ammo try to repeat tbe Injection. more frequently, not
only for the polo, but to lull the nervous and general
ninth:ain't thility, which once manta Manual nano( •
heavy rheumatic chmact rr in the bead and limbs
principally, which occurred when the genera effects bad
ninny or qo.te disoppetred. 01 course vary soon the
do= had to be larger' sad it require! • sorpriWogis Urge
mu wit to produce sleep or even sedan dm/Masse.
Uthally the rejection toed to be repeated within three-
quarters of so h.,ur to de this, mid then the al, p we. of
very short duration ,• sad alter the habit had existed some
time, it left the f.cciluu, Maned and Physical. in • most
peculiar, indersibable these for sane houra to whsh I
sisal further ellude. Much 'macaroon. lON of physical
strength, shortness of breath, and • oough resulted, with the
ormauun of abeam. on the arms, which contolned very
=Lid pus. Bet the physical result', though thyme and
'zombie to look back upon, were comparatively tvidicg.
when the moral and meatal results are c moldered. Ti.
whole aspect of everyteing hecesne evangel and
Ocallykt ly tensed spout When in the condition above
alluded to, slier the omoosie effect bad Immune:ed, tee
whole lit., as far as poystcal motions sad inulacte are
concerned, was gercoanical, sad toe mind lull of the
vaguest aid mat nurse' taxies and Imaginations. Real
worries mid troubles, however slMot, bemuse terrific in
their ...Nimes% and anteapations were seen more dread.
ul sod horrible. Toe =est:mann snored to pierce yen
into the suture and camas' thecae.* or failures ; imagery
would either cause • rush of warm feeling and Joy, wok*
would seen cause speech to be uttered and hastening of
toe gait, or • despaidency =parable to realise. Tams
imagination became absolute realities to the mind
se it was then, aud 1 can tram now certain of them
which it is even now bard to realism never had
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any actual existence. The thought, or imagism.
Lien moved in only • oircanisoribed mutter, glip
the same • its.. • or ideate repeated themselves over
and over again, were Unpaid to others to converse.
don with ths greatest plausibility, and in the akorteding4
rare interval, when sitter from the supply of the soluttos
being exto•usted tor the moment, or other reasons. the
thought, become more neatly rational or coherent. • seam
of aver meetal exit matlon and wonderment at the morbid
imageries seemed tuproetrate Lb. wearied Orme, and then,
unwed the drugs ware moo resorted to again. physical
Loewe became superadded, and of an incredibly tor-
menting nature. But while in to. abnormal state alluded
to, the most unaccountable things would be said,
done, and thought ot ; everything seemed one's own
aticulsr right • reinplese inebeity to draw disUne
moos between truth and falsehood, the real and shoes
Ideals whisk became realities, right and imam •
loss of the knowledge of tune and distance; in lard, to •
very great extent, the power of dattatigulating or
diecrimilmtuns • tendency quite unconquerable it) put off
things (prouraetermtion in • most exaggerated teem and
di 'ree) ; any memory for names, faces, and events 04 duly
Itt e, which was, when in op normal condition, unnsually
good, almost annulled. In all an absolute deastering,
dernotabsteg, dementalising result, and withal • firm
conviction that in • few days I should disoonttnue the
habit, but the day sever could come. Tree greatest
cunning in concealing the inetruments and solution,
sod ih. purchase taereof, and when used, al • rule, one
or two injections atter going to bed, then an hour or
t•o's sleep, Man •iirake in that peculiar condition I
nave endeevoured to deecribe, either to get up and
wander aimlewsiy, almost unconsciously, sometimes
about the house, sometimes in the street, them
image fume., always more real at night. In New
York. I would rite at any hour of Use night or truly
enoroing and imagine all sorts of extraordinary things I
re moot nOW Italy nen!' in datails especially when Prominent
°afield died, and stepped at so all-night e•ting-houseil or
slight refreshment, ice cream, or the Id's, and teen return
to my room, or Mee I would read, and always some highly
exsiting story, which became at once reality tome; and
teen eximueted, wain usury time let rising, would sink
into an uneasy slept, fully bedewing I IVY to Carry on
myself the • rents 01 tbs narrative when Iserlohn Gener-
ally another itijtction. • slight one, in Me morning, and
then one soon before gentian up (which I sways Mcl very
lam when alone) would produce el to 80 attendee' hall un-
con.citetuness, and then rising would continue the re-
mainder of the day seed evening in the state
mental absence and physiol pregame I hare mentioned.
Whoa alone (enl I always sought sa/andis for
the greater part of the time, the presence of others
In • measure interfering with Um portentous and
the vast work the dist-seed brain was dome), I took
neither breakfast nor lunch, but the only meal in the
twenty-four hours was • lets dinner with • very little
beer or wine. In the evenings I almost always sought
the theatre or orcheetral concerts as helping val'iy the
train of kneed, ies which, ma I w.y, became realities my
existence. Whether all this was the result ol morphia on ,
• Main always easily disturbed (delirium in the sughteat
Moms, die) trout early year., or the debrinant brain
effects of atiopis, she effect of which! was fully and akin
CSINICIOUS in the dryness of ua.t, rendering
swallowing alai sit lisp and great impairment of
sightfrom the dilated pupil-, or toe combination of all. I
cannot say. I know them vague general outlines of the
pest are toe result, of aim•using, and I Can dimly dts.
Languish certain ergs and doings; but there were matey
tillage I Oil and said which ware •Iberwerds told me
UAL I knew, and know notions whatever to me, own
red ellecion. My friend, in Anted,* thought tue
feting fromn eof Lentos iit toe broil. Under the imme list.
nem etic eiders no overt am (amid be done any more than
in deep eleep,but in that strange state oh morptuniem, or
something ot the kind, I bars endeavoured to describe
(and it t. different in many details from recorded rases of
opium habit*); it seem an interesting and very *emus
question whether toe brain does not sager Irons .me
actual lesion at leat for thii tome. In my own cuss! mn
run, persuaded of this, and I am aunty of the belief of
vague strange sensations existing even now, that it might
be of snag service to saienoe were • scivestac end patho-
logical postmsortem held after my death iffy relatives
would probably not riles any objections tomb!,.