Essays on hypochondriasis, and other nervous affections / by John Reid.

  • Reid, John, 1776-1822.
Date:
1823
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Credit: Essays on hypochondriasis, and other nervous affections / by John Reid. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    could die to all appearance, at any time that he chose, and, after having lain for a considerable period exactly as a corpse, was able, as it should seem, by a volun- tary struggle, to restore to himself the appearance and all the various functions of animation and intellect. It is to be inferred from the latter part of the story, that the unnatural and painful exertions by which this person assumed the sem- blance of decease, produced at length a really fatal result. Death would be no longer mocked with impunity. The coun- terfeit corpse, a few hours after its last revival, relapsed into a state which was capable of no subsequent resuscitation. But the case is so interesting and remark- able, as to deserve our giving it in all the detail with which Dr. Cheyne presents it to his readers. He could die or expire when he pleased, and yet by an effort, or somehow.