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cise course of operation about to be performed. Old Adams
then shaved bis son’s head. The incisions were made—the
scalp drawn up—and the head examined—during all which
time the young man manifested no audible symptoms of pain,
or sensibility of suffering whatever, until the application of
an instrument, with which the head was scraped in a parti-
cular part, and then, and once only, he uttered a groan,
No beneficial result appearing from this experiment, as his
case seemed absolutely remediless, application was made to
his regiment for his discharge.
On Tuesday, August the 20th, the discharge arrived, and
Was taken over to Bickenhall by the serjeafit. On the Tues-
day following (the 27th) old Adams brought his son down in
his arms; and on the 28th, he again brought him down, the
son still remaining insensible. The next night (tire 29th)'
he was seen sitting in the Poor-house, with a gun in his
hand, conversing with his father; and on Friday the 30th,
(our readers will participate with us in the complete astonish-
ment excited by the fact) he was at Mr. Palmer’s, farmer at
Thurlbear, two miles from Bickenhall, cutting spaft, carry-
ing reed up a ladder, and assisting his father in thatching a
rick! Next day (the 31st) he was in the barn of Mr<
Cozens, of Bickenhall, with a pick in his hand, killing mice;
and on Sunday the 1st Sept. Mr. Cozens himself met him in
a neighbouring copse gathering nuts!
On the morning of Friday, Aug. 30th, young Adams
walked into the cottage of Martha Cozens, who lives next
door, and adjoining to the Poor-house. She expressed great
surprize at the suddenness of his recovery, and asked him
how he was able to undergo so much suffering ? to which
he answered, that he had no recollection of having experi-
enced any. She then asked him, if he did not recollect
feeling any pain when the surgeon was scraping his head?
To which he replied, “ he perfectly recollected that.”
The extraordinary rapidity of this young man’s recovery^
cise course of operation about to be performed. Old Adams
then shaved bis son’s head. The incisions were made—the
scalp drawn up—and the head examined—during all which
time the young man manifested no audible symptoms of pain,
or sensibility of suffering whatever, until the application of
an instrument, with which the head was scraped in a parti-
cular part, and then, and once only, he uttered a groan,
No beneficial result appearing from this experiment, as his
case seemed absolutely remediless, application was made to
his regiment for his discharge.
On Tuesday, August the 20th, the discharge arrived, and
Was taken over to Bickenhall by the serjeafit. On the Tues-
day following (the 27th) old Adams brought his son down in
his arms; and on the 28th, he again brought him down, the
son still remaining insensible. The next night (tire 29th)'
he was seen sitting in the Poor-house, with a gun in his
hand, conversing with his father; and on Friday the 30th,
(our readers will participate with us in the complete astonish-
ment excited by the fact) he was at Mr. Palmer’s, farmer at
Thurlbear, two miles from Bickenhall, cutting spaft, carry-
ing reed up a ladder, and assisting his father in thatching a
rick! Next day (the 31st) he was in the barn of Mr<
Cozens, of Bickenhall, with a pick in his hand, killing mice;
and on Sunday the 1st Sept. Mr. Cozens himself met him in
a neighbouring copse gathering nuts!
On the morning of Friday, Aug. 30th, young Adams
walked into the cottage of Martha Cozens, who lives next
door, and adjoining to the Poor-house. She expressed great
surprize at the suddenness of his recovery, and asked him
how he was able to undergo so much suffering ? to which
he answered, that he had no recollection of having experi-
enced any. She then asked him, if he did not recollect
feeling any pain when the surgeon was scraping his head?
To which he replied, “ he perfectly recollected that.”
The extraordinary rapidity of this young man’s recovery^