fected in a
similar manner: and soon afterwards the convulsive motions affected
the whole body, and began to interrupt the speech. In about three
years from that time the legs became affected. Of late years the
action of the bowels had been very much retarded; and at two or three
different periods had, with great difficulty, been made to yield to
the action of very strong cathartics. But within the last twelvemonths
this difficulty has not been so great; perhaps owing to an increased
secretion of mucus, which envelopes the passing faeces, and which
precedes and follows their discharge in considerable quantity.

About a year since, on waking in the night, he found that he had
nearly lost the use of the right side, and that the face was much
drawn to the left side. His medical attendant saw him the following
day, when he found him languid, with a small and quick pulse, and
without pain in the head or disposition to sleep. Nothing more
therefore was done than to promote the action of the bowels, and apply
a blister to the back of the neck, and in about a fortnight the limbs
had entirely recovered from their palsied state. During the time of
their having remained in this state, neither the arm nor the leg of
the paralytic side was in the least affected with the tremulous
agitation; but as their paralysed state was removed, the shaking
returned.

At present he is almost constantly troubled with the agitation, which
he describes as generally commencing in a slight degree, and gradually
increasing, until it arises to such a height as to shake the room;
when, by a sudden and somewhat violent change of posture, he is almost
always able to stop it. But very soon afterwards it will commence in
some other limb, in a small degree, and gradually increase in
violence; but he does not remember the thus checking of it, to have
been followed by any injurious effect. When the agitation had not
been thus interrupted, he stated, that it gradually extended through
all the limbs, and at last affected the whole trunk. To illustrate his
observation as to the power of suspending the motion by a sudden
change of posture, he, being then just come in from a walk, with every
limb shaking, threw himself rather violently into a chair, and said,
"Now I am as well as ever I was in my life." The shaking completely
stopped; but returned within two minutes' time.

He now possessed but little power in giving a required direction to
the motions of any pa