The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-10
AMsulAnoM.



4 ressi,.s Cs.s Of p..nae C...ss-~s.sss
~bspssssd by . th,sisas>
IN. vcry Interesting CAS-, described
hy Dr. pu1ald."a under ,as ,iile
Automatic Amhala:ion. which he
had seen In the clinic OF Cha-vo;. %
no, without parallel. as the doctor 'g.-
poses The condition of the pa;.r.i
in which. ,houSh seemingly rational.
Ia. ga rrs,lly suffering FROM a laps" o.
consciousness, 10 one which has t~cn
described by several writers upoa
epilepsy, notably Nasaliuss. Jackson
and towers. Formerly IL ~a> A.
serted TIA, such q state II ioaS.--
Consciousness Ma always a F1si-cpt-
!cp;!c phenomenon Noa tits b-l.eved
that IL NAV occgr NJ the physical
equiyalcr. ~ The ~~pii.p'ic s';acs
An interesting cas-. which illustrates
this condition. Vas observed a; nav
clinic no, very long sSh \ yoeaE
man. "A carpenter hy trade. who bad
occz,,iouall, suffered FROM rp.lcp,c at
tack. related tho follow nS history;
lie remembered having GONE HON. -
u,ua. from work ON a Thursday hishL
and having gone - bed VITA hi-
brother. with whom he ~slway, slept
/ The next thing h. remembers j. = = Ak
eniag ON Friday afternoon. 8; four
O'clock aud finding himself IN ii'iisva"
Hospital lie had ~ r~ss'li'~i:"n
whatever @. how b. cpt there. and %
M, "A surprise - HIN not - Cad blru-
-rii in hi- own ru-ou.- IT, learned.
however. subsequently,. tha, h. had
gotten up. apparently ~ usual 80 m
dag morning. after = qulc; night his
brother jsinG positive that cc'u.d not
have hai an -pilcptic aitt's during
the night. aud his family hay!u:
noticed nothing unusual IN IA, appear
anc. or manner. H. hal snac - HI
work "a usual. and hal bcrn scat b.
the foreman upon an rTranG. involving
u walk ~ sixteen blocks, which .rrant
he had partly CARRIED out n, he bad
delivered the package y, ~" required
place. His next trace ~ himself i IN
u distant par; Of the city. Ia The shop
q. "A plumber. with whom. II seems. he
had picked a quarrel. aud who turned
him over ~ n policeman. who In iJrn
took him - the srs,iop-hous.. h"nc-
he wa. sent 10 tn. t-llvyac H1>pital
The police justice sent him ~ the hos
pital because he appeared - hr h~"i-
i.rrd. but not drank. A. h"
question, ini-li..ibly. and could salk
perfectly. and "; did no' ~t-'in veil
When h. reached the h,-plLd b" was
pu, Ia bed. and -obn'"ll asleep Whoa
the physician came - I'm
soon after. be- Was ~awaS~r~d. AMI thea
wa In his natural condition. snd ~
p..aring Ia be well. he wa, discharge
aud came home.
There appeared - - M evidenc"
that the boy hal had \ IT, d.. tongis
was bitten. he wa> not !s' rsod A.
he had been after other attacks III"
was very intelligent. and t'r,k ~ IN
t-rv,t ia his condition. finding oU; 'n~
facts which have been related. Their"
Z ItIs N8iAaft|f t'rst 'Iff 800 ~
| % cun,ciou-ucs- frOu Thursday night
until Friday afternoon. set daring tsf.
period be had acted a. II c"asc-sus. aHd
hah found h., Way a usual - Als place.
- work
II >-"m- p-u'crabic 20 @ frsk - slrh
= -ta," "a ono a.! da.h.y cuasginusg'ss.
rather than a. ou" 80 lapse 1'''Issi5ls
hess. though ,hvr. : rrr.aiaiy = st'ac
/ II memory n. has bal no '~lh%7greu;
/ attack :" my Knowledge. having h~~u
treated with orrniles a. ~ sp.irisy
A-oBcwha; similar ca~r has T~ecsutly
como under my observation r. r"nsul-
ta;ion. bot varlpu. c.rcums'su ~. -uh-
-~~qurntiy discovered hy The ~s''rufius
phy-ician lcl IA hsN. - d~ilc that -
was n csso ~ maliascriuc have no
I doubt that other. have .een similar
cases. 'hoash ! can rot bHt ts0t "te
that they ar VERY rare. ~. " \
Starr. an Medical <rN-