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dead u violence. Phe witnesses say that Fer
gnslot was not,noisy. That he took his pistol
SnlSy ms pocket. cooked 1t, and held It'll his
fore ne shot be spoke in such q low breath 1
.thar those standing by him could not hear
fWhftWas said, and some said he didn'tspeak
et af.s ne did noteyen raise his arm from the
when he Shot. All these facts indi.x
mind more like that Of the sonnaIp
buljE1t, TO which the books compare an eptlsf
tic, fhan 70 simple drunkenness, Theoldf
preston IN Vino uerttas' originated fro
faetthat the person suffering from -
primary effects OF alcohol speaks
Sas nanner,w whatever may be 9
S (coi. Gary then reviewed oil
in regard. 70 the epileptic att
childhood to manhoodJ
The State attempts to show
tackg were az one time vertf9X
sur-paIn, at another fainting,
sunstroke: We nave expert testinnony
70 show thAt these attacks were epiiepsy3
the mildert form, and the experts are borne
In the family is conceded to be one of the
most important circumstances in diagnosing
o case; that vertigo is itself q species Of cpl
lepsy, ana Ihen f1und n 9 person Of eptiep.
the difiereIre between vertigo and epilepsy Is
that simpe vertigo has no premonitions,
while epilepsy has premonition. The books
.1aonar th,A = hans,n e..
masked ldnatic, and habitually lives On the
border laid Of insanity. and Is incurable al
a. links f ~ bb;es 0rs ttny r . : , mu t ne aas,sInnad.
into a partxysm at any time. Alcohol pain,
erysipelasand cut Ia the back are all pFedis-
canse thsrssnr SI W. M SauTe 80. wn v Z, ~ ~
fenIlepsy fs a disease ~ ~ the he nervnns svatam.
The two great centres OF the nervous system
EnIv q nroirno ton X the httoIn nnS ,vh 90
Eeer ' effects Te braIn ~ et Sac tha sntnagS ITh
land Whatever effects the spinal chord effects
ih he sI man snsSsai I'm. siee epIleMe Is also eaeSl
jfects the neryous system.
e GounseI then resS 1rnm the Medical works
20 sustain e defense Of eplspsy:}
Won is the sfect nfshe excessive. ahnse of Al.
sohoIic sa 81, mia ! u. 'n 99o IA GaTy 1Se apq reyi IL. aas
he testimo aS,e Of his exc e4cessiye , drink lTx,ewea
paaMuor. had urod q 4 a se%c eSect os hss
Mind r%esnliin~ In n%nsondnass $40
The bestTanthorities on faicoholic stimu-
llants show that alcohol is a poison, that
Ish fact it seIscts tie nerves tr its food and de,
roys therny that animals to whom aicohoi
ysd been administered upan being Killed i'm.
nore In thebrain than in1the stomach !: ex-
Eat Alcohol Win denriye tbe part placed in it
loi ali sensibiiity, and male it perfectly .sii6
nroduced by alcohoI1 When taken, in strong
hrna ejc,,hnS u,in eaact. Itha nerves more
% lR1sl on accounte Of its r nhs yeuaIities
tSan III taken in Solution, because when
takenin solution tits absorbed into the stom-
,tch and does not hive %heepportuniiy OF pro-
dnc,ng so quick aneffect 81 the nerves, ills
for thfsr reason thatSthose VINO have bsccsne
laddicted to drink prefer 10 take II .'straight.s
so as to get the immediate efectA thereof
| Some of the manifestations of epHepsy aHi
! also Dir alcohol are tendefcy to suicideSmel.
anchoIy and tendency 10 homicide, afhoE
| which ~were.proyei 10 have existed in thes
prisoner.
Nov gentlemen Flu will havet to disregard 4