...which we have ever heard, of a local disorder of nutrition occasioned by a powerful emotional idea. " A lady, who was watching her little child at play,...saw a heavy window-sash fall upon its hand, cutting ofl' three of the lingers ; and she was so much overcome by fright and distress, as to be uuable to...

...friend, under whose observation it fell, and whose exactitude and veracity may be implicitly relied upon. A lady, who was watching her little child at play, saw a heavy window- sash fall upon its hand, cutting off three of the fingers, and she was so much overcome by...

...as shewn in the uterus, &c. Mr. Carter gives a very remarkable instance of the powers of attention. "A lady who was watching her little child at play,...speedily obtained, who, having dressed the wounds, turned * Dr. Holland, in his Mental Phyiiology, has also an interesting chapter on the "Effects of Mental...

...lady, in perfect health, who was watching her little boy at play, saw a heavy window-sash fall upon his hand, cutting off three of the fingers ; and she was so much overcome by terror and distress, as to be unable to render him any assistance. A surgeon was speedily obtained,...

...sympathetic emotion in inducing physical alteration, is reported (Edinburgh Monthly Journal, July, 1863). " A lady who was watching her little child at play, saw a heavy window sash fall upon its hand, and cutting off three of its fingers ; she was so overcome by fright...

...digestive." He also relates a very remarkable example of the intensity of the emotional influence. " A lady, who was watching her little child at play, saw a heavy window-sash fall upon its hands, cutting off three of the fingers ; and she was so much overcome by fright and distress, as to...

...in his Pathology and Treatment of Hysteria, page twenty-four, he says: ' A lady who was watching her child at play saw a heavy window-sash fall upon its hand, cutting off three of its fingers, and she was so overcome by fright and distress as to be unable to render it any assistance....

...intense direction of the attention to a particular part of the body, rest upon excellent authority. a. " A lady, -who was watching her little child at play,...upon its hand, cutting off three of the fingers ; and sho was so much overcome by flight and distress, as to bo unable to render it any assistance. A surgeon...

...by strong emotional excitement is not so often observed. The following case is in point, quoted from Mr. Carter: "A lady who was watching her little child at play, saw a heavy window sash fall upon its hand, cutting off three of its fingers ; and she was so overcome by fright...

...seen in the case of the first ; a striking example of the influence of terror on this function is thus narrated by Mr. Carter : — " A lady who was watching her little child at play saw a heavy sash fall upon its hand cutting off three of the fingers, and she was so much overcome by fright and...