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Show A Modern Dip Van Winkle Tha oaae nf a woman who alept fnr twenty i,,n.r,itlv. y,.,.ra, Ihe longrat period nf el.ep that hna lieeti ntotetvait w lo tha lire.ent time, la reported by tha French tte.irol.,gi.(. m. Incerenng. In tha Itulleiln de I' Anad-mle .In Me.tcclne ll'arl.. March gl. l'ha patient, deecrilted aa M.irguerlle II , Wna of a neurotle nnd tiveierlcnl f.tmlly. nnd had nlwiiva been d.ll.-ite and n.rvt.ti. lln M.iy ill. l-:i. f. Mowing a ...vera ftlgbl .he w... wllh violent altncka of hvaterla. In.llng nlHiitt iwrmy-four hour., after whl h ahe fell Inln the prnfouttd aleep above ni'iillone.1. which won Inlemipled every munlh nr etery tnnnlh nnd a half hv au.bleii cotivtil.lvo nlliicka. lulling thla lime aha wna kept alba entirely hy Inleclloti. of noiirllitnent. Tha writer lima iloarrlhea her awnketpiig, whh h ni-Cliried ni-Cliried ju.l before her deiul, .t t ,d uf her twenty yc-ira' alcepi "On May 91. Ilmt. al I" o'clock In Ihe morning . , . the pntleni wna ami-d.-nlv aelied wllh a crl.ia nf hy.trrla alinllnr lo lint nf the be.innlng of her pnlhologic mule . . . in, tna Villi a new ronviiNion In-led nanrly four hour, without Inlerrupilun . , . The patient, pa-tient, without b,ng poaltlvely awakened. "" ".l"l In moving b. i.eif and ralaing lier.elf on lite tie. I. "tin tha following day. the th. the oon. vul.lve muvemenia war. mil renewed M M patent her hnnd liefure lief .tea aa If tn remove a veil, then-opened them, arpenr.,1 lo ... anil tn li.lr, and tried to lecov. r ttta.e..lon nf her.eir and pill heraelf In com mil n leu 1 Ion wllh lha etlerl.tr world, for .he eiulcuvored lo Un-der.tnml Un-der.tnml aoma worda which g prleal a.l-dre.he.l a.l-dre.he.l lo her. "Un the '.Hih. at fl o'clock In tha morning, morn-ing, ahe la more awnka, .ip.na her aye, upon being ordered lo do ao, reticle lo pinching of the akin nf the nrtn, and anva In a weak volte that ahe hue been pinched. . . . The allnck of el.ep with nil Ha acceeaory aymploma haa def. Itiltely ceanr.1. . . . "Then, gradually regnlnlng eeir-ann-aclou.ne.a. ahe lecogitu.,. with dlfllcully ti e i.eraona eh. tit her Hue la Informed nt tho prraent ditle; but aha baa tinubla at flrat to recall tba .inter of auccgalon of tha dnya. . . . tier memory la curried cur-ried bn.k to dlatnnt iiarliid. and aha la enbconaclotia of n hi nk In Iter aiKlenca. Hhn n.ke her age; her mother, aubtrncl-ll.g aubtrncl-ll.g the yetra p.-.e.l In aleep. tell, her Unit It la IWiTly-l.il ve.it.. and nreiMtoia to her. aa hep. Ii.r .'.i.e. nleca born the even'ng of Ihe beglmtlng of her aleep. However. It I. d f cull for her In enter lino pracla. il.tulla wllh reg.irtl lo paat evenm. II can be pro an lh.it alia hna oat the remttmbr.n.'. of th. occurrence llnnietllutely t:e,edlttg her aleep. while ahe hop retiilnrd clenrlv enuugh Ihe nirmnry of curlier m-currence.. Hhe doea, hut renmaiher either liaving been alck or having hnd her teolh e.inicle.l, or any of li,a unu.oiil Incldenla during lite cutirae of her llln.n. ... It la dllll-ctill dllll-ctill to anirm llial ahe may not hava hern, up in a certain point, conacloiia nf wlml wna pne.lng around bar. fir. I.legenla, who l.ntl occi.lon lO Vl.lt her eeten.l Vct.ia helota her denth. and who altemple.l I, i ,.r bv tlggeallon. think. Unit nhe wna not abanlutcl" un- lireaa.il by lr Vol."n!"hy Vt'r'.' Hal pet r I er e" end ulei ny I'r. Kr.g. able condlllona. th. patient would undoubtedly un-doubtedly have gradually recovered her memory. Indeed. Ilka an epileptic aflor an attack, ah. wna abaoliiiely unc.m-a unc.m-a loua of th. clreiimaliinc. a which had Inimedliitely pre.e.le.1 her crlaee of Bleeu. lirMi abe remembered earlier eveula very well, and rounrme.1 alao the opinion of Chanel, accor.l.ng lo whom the lethargic aleep wna only a niodlned byalerlo-eiilleptlc attack. "One cltcuui.tniicn which nnrllrularlv ImpreBaed tr. t'harller waa that, rm her awakening. M II apok. Ilia dialect of her childhood and not lltitl of the yeara which pleaded her iilinnk. ... In aplle of the paychlc moilincatlnna cull-lug cull-lug frnm thla eiirunrdlnary affecthin, lu-lelllgenca lu-lelllgenca waa realird no leaa coinplelely un awakening, an1 'he pntl.ni ra.puni.ed clearly to queallone pul to her, and would recall on Ihe fo wli dny what bad hanitened In her 'i tli. evening " The woman a C oo. urrc.1 May VI. lwo.1. the uilrd day aflar her awaaenltig from her cunlliiuotui aleep of Iwnulv yeara and Iwo umntha t'llh ragmd in tha nature of protracted aleep In Ihla and Btmllur cnnea, al. lAlicercalix ooiiuualiui aa follow. ; "la Ihla aleep natural Bleep? it doea not aeem an. for If wa look at lha eve., wa perceive that the ayeiida ate pilid-tallitg. pilid-tallitg. blinking agllnl.d hv Utile tiuUer-Inga, tiuUer-Inga, or by Ibrobblitg. and If lltey are opened II le cominoii to find a port of atrablainua which doea not appertain to normul Bleep. Iteatdea. the alienee In auck caa.M ta alwnya ahaolule, fo,- nolae la not haaid. and pinching ma akin, aa well aa lit. innat dlv.ua. lorttiraa. enn lie prnctleed wllbottt I hat aubJe.i'B ralnliiliig the leaat recollection on awakening "Tha lllle of the aleeltar' applied In Ihla paltenl and to moat of Hie ptllanla of Iho aaine nnture la not. tketefore. axnet. altlce It la nut a queallou of nalural al.ap, hut rather of a path ..logic aiate which nianl-fctly nianl-fctly la lo be compared to tit. alala of hlltematlon peculiar lo certain animal ap..'lee. among which, al a glv.n mo. nichl. lb. life of rel.ilnn and the v.ga. tatlva Ufa ara. ao lo aeik. annlbllateil." -TranelBtlou made rur The Ulvrary L)l-gaat. L)l-gaat. i |