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the effects of the poison, a small livid circle extending around them,
with some puffy swelling. The distinguished Dr. Amadei was immediately
sent for, and applied cups over the wounds in the hope of drawing forth
the poison. In vain all his skill and efforts! Soon, ataxic (irregular)
nervous symptoms declared themselves, and it became plain that the system
had been infected by the poison.

"The symptoms were very much like those of malignant fever, such as
distress about the region of the heart, difficulty of breathing, collapse
of all the vital powers, threatening immediate death. From these first
symptoms the child rallied, but his entire organism had been profoundly
affected by the venom circulating through it. His constitution has never
thrown off the malady resulting from this toxic (poisonous) agent. The
phenomena which have been observed in this young patient correspond so
nearly with those enumerated in the elaborate essay of the celebrated
Baglivi that one might think they had been transcribed from his pages.

"He is very fond of solitude,--of wandering about in churchyards and
other lonely places. He was once found hiding in an empty tomb, which
had been left open. His aversion to certain colors is remarkable.
Generally speaking, he prefers bright tints to darker ones, but his likes
and dislikes are capricious, and with regard to some colors his antipathy
amounts to positive horror. Some shades have such an effect upon him
that he cannot remain in the room with them, and if he meets any one
whose dress has any of that particular color he will turn away or retreat
so as to avoid passing that person. Among these, purple and dark green
are the least endurable. He cannot explain the sensations which these
obnoxious colors produce except by saying that it is like the deadly
feeling from a blow on the epigastrium (pit of the stomach).

"About the same season of the year at which the tarantular poisoning took
place he is liable to certain nervous seizures, not exactly like fainting
or epilepsy, but reminding the physician of those affections. All the
other symptoms are aggravated at this time.

"In other respects than those mentioned the boy is in good health. He is
fond of riding, and has a pony on which he takes a great deal of
exercise, which seems to do him more good than any other remedy.

"The influence of music, to which so much has been attributed by popular
belief and even by t