STANDING UNCONSCIOUS.
PARIS, l August 20. 'The porters at Abbeville station on Saturday night noticed the curious attitude of a n^an who had been standing 'for a oonsiderable: time, motionless before the board? on which the delays of the train servi-ce-rsfie recoir-ded. , H was ob>:er\<il. tlyjt. h-s ;. sU*es. j .^we>*e. .tightly closed. -v»., « i'> ,! .v.t ;"A.;.. r ,... .* .- As li 3 still- remained- without movement, ail official to'uchted him .on the 'sli©uldei!.»,- 'The, man immediately ; fell into his armsyrhis body .'absolutely ;' rigid. *- A. doctor who was* cailed diognofed the ;case as one: of catalepsy. It ssems that for a- •eonsideiiaW 1- ? time the man had. been standing i^ the middlc-of the busy 'station .in -an unconscious condition.
Catalepsy is ,n sudden* loss' of consciousness, ac-ompanj-jd by more or less Irigidit.v of tha^linrhs*,' So^that they remain m any position m which they are iplaced. -...,:
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12883, 2 October 1912, Page 10
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142STANDING UNCONSCIOUS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12883, 2 October 1912, Page 10
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