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SINGULAR INSTANCE OF INSANITY.
In the village of Bedlington, near Morpeth, in Nor-
thumberland, a very extraordinary instance of insanity,
Well worth the attention of the medical philosopher,
has lately occurred. The father of the young man who
is insane, having some time ago experienced considerable
pecuniary difficulties, became at length so reduced in
his circumstances, that he Was obliged to work as a
day-labourer. His eldest son Was so much affected by
this alteration in his father’s affairs, that he grew gradually
melancholy, and at length entirely desisted from speaking
or moving his eyes, hands, or legs. He is put to bed
at night, and fed like a child- during the day, without
the least apparent feeling of pain or pleasure. When he
awakes, he walks to the centre of the room, where he
stands all day long immoveable, directing his eyes con-
stantly to the fire; and amidst all the work and bustle
which may be going forward in the house around him, he
is still the same. The position he stands in, is with his
hands linked in each other, and with a downcast melancholy
look ; and if he is forcibly moved from that position, he
resumes it the first opportunity.
A REMARKABLE THUNDER STORM,
Occurred at Batheaston, in Somersetshire, on the 21st
Nov. 1803 ; when the Rev. Mr. Webber and his spouse,
sitting in their parlour, a hail-storm came on, attended with
lightning, and instantly burst open the window shutters.—-
The window was shattered to pieces, and two pieces of
slate-stone were driven into the apartment. It appears that
the house was struck in three directions, East, West, and
South. It was totally stripped of the thatch, some of
which, by the violence of the wind, was carried to a great
distance. Twelve, out of fifteen windows, were literally
shivered
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF INSANITY.
In the village of Bedlington, near Morpeth, in Nor-
thumberland, a very extraordinary instance of insanity,
Well worth the attention of the medical philosopher,
has lately occurred. The father of the young man who
is insane, having some time ago experienced considerable
pecuniary difficulties, became at length so reduced in
his circumstances, that he Was obliged to work as a
day-labourer. His eldest son Was so much affected by
this alteration in his father’s affairs, that he grew gradually
melancholy, and at length entirely desisted from speaking
or moving his eyes, hands, or legs. He is put to bed
at night, and fed like a child- during the day, without
the least apparent feeling of pain or pleasure. When he
awakes, he walks to the centre of the room, where he
stands all day long immoveable, directing his eyes con-
stantly to the fire; and amidst all the work and bustle
which may be going forward in the house around him, he
is still the same. The position he stands in, is with his
hands linked in each other, and with a downcast melancholy
look ; and if he is forcibly moved from that position, he
resumes it the first opportunity.
A REMARKABLE THUNDER STORM,
Occurred at Batheaston, in Somersetshire, on the 21st
Nov. 1803 ; when the Rev. Mr. Webber and his spouse,
sitting in their parlour, a hail-storm came on, attended with
lightning, and instantly burst open the window shutters.—-
The window was shattered to pieces, and two pieces of
slate-stone were driven into the apartment. It appears that
the house was struck in three directions, East, West, and
South. It was totally stripped of the thatch, some of
which, by the violence of the wind, was carried to a great
distance. Twelve, out of fifteen windows, were literally
shivered