A Viennese lady, who had suffered for a long time from
cataleptic or lethargic attacks, was finally buried in one of
her trances. The sexton, who fortunately happened to be a thief
in this instance, had reopened the grave and was busy removing
her clothes during the ensuing night, when a resurrection of the
dead took place. Stricken with terror, he was running away, when
the woman called him back, requesting to be taken to her doctor.
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A little girl, mentioned by Tissot, shocked at her sister
having helped herself to a coveted morsel, remained stiff
and motionless for an hour, a spoon in her hand, and her arm
outstretched toward the dish.
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A soldier, quarreling with a companion, in a fit of passion
seized a bottle to throw at him; cataleptic rigidity fixt him in
this attitude, motionless, unconscious, his eyes full of anger
and defiance.
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In another case a magistrate on the bench, insulted in the
middle of his summing up, remained as if petrified in an
attitude of indignation and threat at his insulter.
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Again, we read of priests being cataleptized at the altar in the
attitude of elevating the sacrament.--A. DE WATTEVILLE,
_Fortnightly Review_.
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