Six Cases of Melancholic Stupor
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discovered ? while under observation he quickly nassed into' a condition in which he was stated to have lain continually on his back with the eves closed quite motionless except for some twitching of the facial muscles, he never spoke, asked for nothing, and only eat food actually nbioed in his hands, and latterly certainly passed all his excreta where lie lay. These were all the facts received with him on his admission. From that time and up to the present day (with
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