The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-05-27

to interest you; am coming to re-
markable event at last. At the stage OF
the fever when delirium usually occurs
in patients of sound mind, this crazy
French boy has become perfectly sane
and reasonable
"I looked ut him when he made this
amazing assertion, with q momentary
doubt of his being in earnest. Doctor
Wybrow understood me.
"Just what L thought, too, when
first heard it, he said. MY friend
was neither offended nor surprised. AZ
ter inviting me to go to his house and
Judge for myself, he referred me to a
singular case, publicly cited in the Corn
hiu Magazine, for the month Of April,
1879, in an article. entitled, Bodily Ill
ness as Mental Stimulant." The arti-
Gle is published anonymously; but the
character Of the periodical in which it
appears is sufficient guarantee Of the
trustworthiness of the statement. L
was so far influenced by the testimony
thus cited, that I drove to Hampstead
md examined the case myself
=" Did the examination satisfy your
Thoroughly. When I saw him yes
terday the poor boy was as sane as
am. There is, however, complication
in this instance, which is not mentioned
in the case related in print. The boy
appears to have entirely forgotten every
event in his past life, reckoning from
the time the fever declared ITSELF
".This was disappointment. I had
begun to hope for some coming result,
obtained by the lads confession.
"'Is it..quite correct to call him sane
when his memory is goneY I ventured
to ask.
" In this case there is no necessity to
enter into the question, the doctor an.
swered. 'The boys lapse of memory
refers. as I told you. To his past life
that is to say, his life when bis intellect
was deranged. During the ertrsordi-
nary interval Of sanity that has now de-
clared itself, he is putting his mental
powers to their first free use; and none
of them fail him. 30 far as can see. His
new memory-if I may call it so--pre-
serves the knowledge Of what has hap
pened since his illness. You may imag-
inc how this problem in brain disease
interests me; and you will not wonder
that I am going back to Hampstead to-
morrow afternoon when have done
with my professional visits. But you
may be reasonably surprised at my
troubling you with details which are
mainly interesting to medical man.
"Was he about to ask me to go with
him to the asylum I replied very
briefly; merely saying that the details
were interesting to every student Of
human nature. II he could have felt
my pulse at that moment am afraid he
might have thought I was in q. fair way
Of catching the fever, too.
"'Prepare yourself he resumed, for
another surprising circumstance. Mr..
Winterfeld is, by some incomprehensi.
ble accident, associated with one OF the
mischievous tricks played by the French
boy, before he was placed under my
friends care. There, at any rate, is the
only explanation by which We can &C.
count for the discovery of an envelope,
found sewn up in the lining Of the lads
waistcoat, and directed to Mr.. Winter
field without any address,
81 leave you to imagine the effect
which those words produced on me-
"'Now, said the doctor, you will un-
derstand why I put such strange ques-
tions to you. My friend and I are both
hard-working men. We go very little
into society, as the phrase is; and neither
he nor I ever heard the name Of Winter
field. As q certain proportion Of my
patients happen to be people with u
large experience Of society. ! undertook
to make inquiries, so that the packet
might be delivered. II possible. TO the
right person. You heard how Mrs.
Eyrecourt (surely likely lady TO assist
me y received my unluciy reference "a
the madhouse; and you saw how I puz.
zled Sir John. considar myself most
fortunate, Father Benwell, in having had
the honor of meeting you. Win yor
accompany me to the asylum tomorrow
And can you add to the favor by bring
ing Mr.. WinterHeld with your
"Th;s last request it was out Of m,
power = really out of my power t.
grant. Winterfeld had left Londor
that morning on his visit TO Paris. Hi
address there was thus far not known X
me.
"'Well, you must represent you
friend the doctor said. Time is ever,
way of importance in this case. VIII
you kindly call here at five tomorrow
afternoonY b..
"I was punotual to my appointment
We drove together to the ssylam."
"Thers is no need for me to troubl
you with narrative Of what I saw-fs
vored by Doctor Wybfow's introductio
at the French boys bedside. 1t wa
simply repetition of what had q
ready heard. There he lay ct tn
height of the fever asking, in the intel
walls Of relief, intelligent questions reli
,, tive to the medicines administered
! him, and perfectly understanding tn
answers. He was irritable when "
asked him to take his memory back
the time before his illness, and the
he answered in French: 81 haven't g
! memory r...l
"But have something else to te