, 1875-11-21

blood trickled, but which would mn y, ;,
have produced death, betrayed III. .:e :.sa
INTO an exhaustion which the in,o;1s.
soon exaggerated into death. Hypochoas:a
and nostalgia (homasickness) are nam.a sS' ~
oy the doctors to mental diseases tbot 1'sa :.
often had fatal results, Aa'a
10 return to the Popular Se;enc. M,n,.,,
article, it was suggested by an e,n..:
within knowledge Of the writer, in vh;ss sae'
near relative, suffering from extrano. 49,
debility, begged to be taken to an a.,s ss'
1ot Inc insane On account Of a vivid ma
natural impression Of *ttsinkiao Of t,.o - ~: w.
at The *anle time" The same person ~. % y
a"leted with startling CONSCIOUSNESS Of th;- &
happening to her children al d;...4
which proved to be correct, the anticfn..:
OF what people were going to aay. and s. ~
power Of reading the motives Of otbers -.
Similar phenomenon. probably not knor, :. =
the writer In the Monthly, came with. :" " ;
experience of now famous actr ~ ~
his younger days, Was given to fra ~. - y
aomulants. His mental perceptions ~
probably exaggerated in some peculiar nv 49,
ner BY this indulgence, for ha conId ,nt;.: .'
pate the words aud thoughts Of thosa ".
were speaking to him, md would frsop.n,,s
approach stranger on the st.eets ~
staztle him with calling his na.ae xne.t;r.
his thoughts, telling him some secret r. ~
past Lie or some undisclosed intention II,
the future. The impulse to do thia at tins.
was irresistible. Of late ye.rs this mo,h;d
perception has passed away entirely. md i,
would seem to be because it has not has,
subject to the ezcitation of stimulaats
A few old instances Of the unusual 5sv.,o,
ment OF the memory are cited, in which A..
ease has strengthened or revived it INSTEAD n.
diminishing it. Dr.. S1uxBzcK once toun1
an lliterate peasant praying aloud in Great
and Hebrew when be WAS prostzated with
disease; it was subsequently asesrtain.d
that he hsel heard the parish minister INV !,
those languages when be was chill. md
though he could not recall word Of than
when he w'ns in health, they cana back h
him IN disease. AnERcnoxBn also re;a..,
how the attendants Of an asylum found
young girl inmate playing the most didcuh
and exquisite music on the violin, though sha
was known never to have any previous IN.
strnction or practice. The explanation N.
that she had been accustomed soma time ba.
fore to sleep in room adjoining that oceu.
pied by en- itineraat musician Of great t.lsas
and power of execution; she could pla,
these airs when asleep, but not when axaka
The same phenomenal development Of IL,
memory is noticed in aged persons vhoss
memory grows more vivid with advancing
age aad declining physical power, End who
recall scenes Of their childhood that Ind
passed out OF their minds for many leue
years.
The experience Of Sir WALTER Scorr, 7hm
he had overstrained his physical powers By
excessive application to literary wosk, mna.
hare come within the Life Of most man vho
permit themselves to be engosssd in maatL
labor, at the sacrifice Of physical haa1th.
SCOTT speaks Of being haunted by "saass
of pre-e1istence," an impression that nothing
happaned which he had not experienced h.
fore. and confused recollection ot having
heard before every argument or phrase used
in conversation. We presume that most pa.
sons have from time to time dsahss d
thoughts, events, and language which, though
new, seem to have been gathased
from some previous a1istence,-thi which
cannot be located, but coma as Il from dreams
or another life. The faculty Of intenaifying
in sleep the thoughts or study in which
one is engaged in waking hours BE-
longs to the same category Of pheoomsnA
4 student in Germany, anxious to acquire ths
language, and deeply immersed in tbs stud.
If it, in order to attend lectures at The Um-
7ersity, found that he could cary on COZ
a.1eatly in his slesp, though b
:ould nly stumble along when awake. Il
vas perh aps the morbid development Of mani
~ recall ling everything acquired in formn
tudy Of the language at school AL thsss
henome na are interesting and curious sna
aay som time lead to some scientific md
seful CO anection betwesn mind aud body.
he lates mania Of "mind-reaaing my N
uother avelopment in the same di1ecfm