Not Proven.
A patient in an insane asylum imagined himself dead. Nothing could' drive this delusion out of the man's brain. One day hif physician had a happy thought, and raid to him : — "Did you ever see a dead man bleed?" "No," he replied. "Did you ever hear of a dead man bleeding?"
"Well, if you will permit me, I will try an experiment with you, and see if you bleed or not."
The patient gave his consent : tho doctor whipped out his scalpel, and drew a little blood.
There," said he, "you see that you bleed ; that proves that you are not dead." "Not at all," the patient instantly replied ; "that only proves that dead men can bleed."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2319, 11 August 1898, Page 59
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119Not Proven. Otago Witness, Issue 2319, 11 August 1898, Page 59
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