et, which at the hospital had been exchanged for a
stimulating one, nature once more rallied, and in three or four weeks he
appeared to be in a fair way for recovery. His strength increased, his
mind became clear; his digestive function, though still erratic,
appeared about to resume its natural condition, and to perform once more
its wonted office; and the other troublesome symptoms were all gradually
disappearing, except one;--he had still a very frequent pulse.

But even this rapid arterial action was at length abating. From a
frequency of the pulse equal to 100, 110, and sometimes 120 in a minute,
it fell in two weeks to from 70 to 75; and this, too, under the
influence of very mild and gentle treatment. There was no reduction of
activity or power, by bleeding, or by blistering, or in any other way;
on the contrary, as I have intimated, there was a general increase of
strength and vigor, both of body, and mind. He did not even take
digitalis or morphine. The prospect, therefore, was, on the whole, truly
encouraging.

And yet he had a set of friends--relatives, I should say, rather--who
were not satisfied. It was strongly written on their minds that he was
about to die; and they sternly insisted on removing him to his native
home, that if he should die, he might die in the bosom of his own
kindred. I was consulted; but I entered my most solemn protest against
the measure, as both uncalled for and hazardous. It was to no purpose,
however. In their over-kindness they determined to remove him; and the
removal was effected. I ought also to say that though Mr. Gray highly
appreciated their kindness, he was himself opposed to the measure, as
one attended with much hazard.

On the road to his paternal home, influenced in no small degree by
mental excitement, his delirium returned, and with an intensity that
never afterwards abated. He was, for about three weeks, a most
inveterate and raving maniac, when, worn out prematurely with disease,
he sunk to rise no more till the general resurrection.

There was no post-mortem examination of this young man, though there
should have been. Not that there was any lurking suspicion of
peculiarity of disease, but because such examinations may always be made
serviceable to the cause of medical science, while they cannot possibly
injure either the dead or the living.

I have been the more minute in my account of this man, because the case
is an instructive one, both to the professiona