uccession, till he could hold his breath and retain the air no longer,
which was now suffered gradually to escape. A new recruit was then drawn
in, and treated in the same manner. The exercise, as a whole, seemed to
consist of a series of jumpings up and down, without quite raising the
toes from the floor, and of deep sighing. The object aimed at was to
shake down a large amount of good, pure air, into the cells of the
lungs, and retain it there as long as possible; and then, to let out or
force out the air, so as to empty the lungs as perfectly as possible.

The warm bath was occasionally used at four o'clock in the afternoon,
but with doubtful effect. Exercise, especially mechanical exercise, was
of much more service, and so was the gymnasium. He was, however,
required to forbear all violence, in his exercises and amusements; nor
was he allowed any severe studies. His reading was to be light, though
not trifling.

For several months next subsequent to his arrival at the institution, he
appeared to improve. Instead of weekly, or semi-weekly, or still more
frequent attacks, he suffered but rarely; and, in one instance, he was
exempt from an attack for several weeks. But in December and January
they became, once more, rather frequent. They had, however, usually been
most frequent in winter and spring.

He now began to be apprehensive of a return of his disease, in all its
former violence; and the dread of February, March, and April had an
influence on his system which was any thing but favorable--since fear,
in these cases, is often worse than the evils which excite it. And,
according to his faith, or rather according to his want of faith, so it
was with him. The attacks became very frequent, sometimes daily; and, in
one or two instances, twice a day.

He came under my special and almost exclusive care, Feb. 1, 1854. I soon
discovered that there was a close connection between excess and
irregularity, in regard to his food and his paroxysms of disease. I saw,
also, that a part of his food had been too stimulating. In justice,
however, I ought to say that in the government of the other appetites,
he had succeeded far better than I had expected, though his power to
control himself was far from being perfect.

While, therefore, I did not materially change the general treatment in
other particulars, I determined to regulate his diet; and, with a view
to this important end, to watch him, and even to deal out to him his
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