The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-06-28
WONDERS OF sONAMBULIsM
By wM MCINTYRE

By wM. MCINTYRE
A London physician in the intervals Of
sctive professional life, has employed him
self with writing a series Of essays upon
matters that relate To the brsln nerve, and
mind The opening paper treats Of these
qualities Ia children which are derived as
a natural heritage, from their progenI-
tors, which l. followed Nv an inquiry into
the ''dsseneratiUns IF man the essays are
seven in all The author prcfaces his
book 0Ith All appropriate cpl graph, from
DR. Holmes and another from Lecky, and
the style Of MS dissertations indicates great
research ana ability. From the chapter Oh
sonambulism We take the following curious
example. The hrst relates TO young
Italian noble, SiHOr Augustine, who was
accustomed to walk ard perform a variety
Of acts in his sleep. The attacks wer. usu-
ally announced by peculiar manner Of
sleeping on his back With wide open star
lnX unmoved eyes N Marville, an eye
witness gives the following announcement
of one occasion.
About midnight. Augustine drew aside the
bedclothes with violence. arose and put on
hIs clothes. went wv tU him and held the
light under his eyes hv took no notice Of II.
although his eycs were open staring
After p-ri-rIuinE variety M movements
about TIE house. AMI sevAlH. i"T many thWE r.
APpe4riH- 90 ~i"hN tr hr-'E h'i-e' thAt
we're male ''d y. To-, 'snteHeI ny tAeu' lie
III NJ, ''i 49,
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servant mai- .a -h- Alt,Aen. ami went tu
H., i..r -...lll- .I- -..r rs tLr H., hnl-. and
aFl-Arrt 4. ..r .-rr.ih. aftr .t'-lN IT. Al
t,f"afls sent g. t-- 'il-.hfi I'm, Ahd en-
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Eour. The ,,rvarr. de.lar-d that tbev
c,.uii Univ ult III N. " WV Ivy ptroxims either
by TICKLING the sole NO AI- fest. VI blowing a
trumpet ID his IA
The next ra~eis M a man by the name
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III liz
physicians lie was servant ana walked
Ill his sleep from his eleventh year He
would often repeat 10 BIS sleep the Gus
toned duties VI the day. aud would carry
trAys and glasses about, and spread the
table Tor dinner with great accuracy. though
his eyes we're always urmly ID Dsed Indeed
Il was apparent he could not see, as he ire
auently struck against doors and objects
rlaced IN unac,.ustomed places He some
times carried 4 candle. but bottle substi-
tatrd fur it seemed % l1 as we'll His
sense OF taste Appeared u b imperfect as
~ would eat cabbage for salad, drink water
for vine, aud take coffee for snuff, with ap-
pearing in any case u detect the substltu-
ton
III other cases, the senses are more
awake, and the intelligence more active
Casteli, whose case Is related by Francisco
SOave, was found one might asleep in the
act Of trsnsIatlng from Italian INTO French,
and looking out the words from a dlctIona
~ When his candle was eEtinguished,
he arose and went To seek another light
without a murmur although the person
who did It could be plainly seen m the act
When anyone conversed with hmm On any
subject N which hls mlnd was bent at the
time, he would give rational answers, ont
ne seemed IN heHr h"'hlHg thSt was sald
10 hlm, or near MN on any other subjects
Hs eyes als" seemed " be sensible N
those objects about when he was llnmedl-
ately engaged ana were quite hAed -
much ~ tnat III reAuine ne tuIheu the
"hole heau ir"iii Siu' W Siue iiis'eAu " ms
eyes.
De neAI most relhA KANE case On 70
core, was relateh w the ArchDlshop III
boruesN' III Ihe hhcyc,oPeuiA Nu'houl-
que " was concerning ayouhB priest
AZ the Cathoho seminary VINO use "
rise ia ms sleep ana write sermons. nav
mg written page he would read II aloud
and Il axe correctl'hs nave seen says
me Archbishop, the beginning n one n ms
sermons "Alch ne hSo written Nheh ne vas
asleep u was wen composed hut one cor
rectlon surprised me. Having written ~
hrst the words 'ce arm elJd"t, he had al
forwards ehaced the words d'ru', and Wrlt-
ten over II 0d'rdb's. Then percelvIng That
n could not stand before me word ~ had
de1terously inserted a Z 50 as 70 make ths
W"rd 'et- lie continued ~ write, althoush