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of the departure of a woman of the sam,

OF the departure of woman ofthe same
name had been advised L was CON-
PEELED, therefore, to seek further informa-
tion, and, having hastily dressed myself,
l went to the dwelling of the keepers
whom, to my astouishment, | found only
half clad. Upon my asking him where
the people were who had come to fetch
away the patient, he replied, with surprise
depicted upon his countenance, that he
knew nothing Of it, for he had only just
risen, and had seen no one. This reply
did not undeceive me, and / rejoined that
it must have been the steward who had
visited me, and would 60 to him; but
as | was descending the steps which led
to his house it struck me that the whole
affair was dream-.a fact, however,
which l had not until that moment sus-
pected."
This example is particularly interesting
from the length Of time which elapsed af-
ter the professor awoke, and during which
he had been thoroughly aroused by the
act Of dressing and going to the Keeper,
yet the delusion which regarded the dream
as reality continued, and at last, with
out any apparent cause, suddenly van
ishcd. '
Proportionately more frequent are the
cases where the awaking is imperfect, but
still sufficient to induce couse of action
corresponding with the supposed realities
of the dream.
There are instances on record where
people, deceived by the alarming imagery
of dream, have committed acts Of vio-
ence for which they could not be consid
erei responsible.
An interesting example of insubordina-
tion during heavy sleep is related by
Buchner, in Henke's Journal Of Medical
Jurisprudence:
"Christian Jungcr, a soldier of the
guards, two-and-twenty years Of age, and
who had been three years in the army, a
man Of good character, fell asleep about
noon upon a bench in the guard-house.-
The corporal endcavored to awake him,
in order to sweep out the room. Junger
arose, and, without saying word, seized
the corporal by the breast, then drew his
sabre and made an attack, which the cor
poral succeeded in parrying. He repeat
ed the attempt however, and did not de-
sist until disarmed and arrested by the
soldiers present; he then sat down quiet
ly upon the bench. On the preceding
day, and on the morning of the deed, he
had Kept guard at an exceedingly cold and
exposed situation; the Intervening night
he had spent in playing cards, but had
drunk little, and in the morning, from
sheer wearincss, he fell asleep in the
heated guard-house. On the examination
it appeared that he dreamed he was on
guard, when a fellow seized him by the
hair, and took his rife, upon which he
drew his sabre and made an attack upon
him. OF that which really passed he
knew nothing. He.could not understand
that he, who had always been obedient to
his superiors, should have been guilty of
insubc rdination. The medical evidence
showed it to be case of sleep-drunken-
ness, and he was acquitted" a7
In explanation of this case something
further may. be said. Similar results
might be brought about by toll; but
here, by keeping guard, and the consequent
excessive exhaustion, the deficiency of OK
ygen was brought to an abnormal hight,
and the small quantity taken in during
the short sleep was not sufficient to restore
the brain to its full activity.
+ EwALD HEoKER.
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Infant prodigies, who can repeat