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Nicholas Hart, a hypersomnic man. Line engraving by R. Graves. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
The lettering on a reproduction of the print states that he was born at Layden (Leiden?) on 5 August 1684 and thought to be dead since he was asleep. He continued to sleep excessively, including one occasion when he was ten when he slept for seven weeks.
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