A  few  days  after  the  attack  referred  to,  a  marked  change
was  observed  in  the  patient's  deportment  and  conversa-
tion. He  exhibited  an  unnatural  flow  of  animal  spirits,
unusual  buoyancy  and  elasticity  of  mind,  and  subsequently
indulged  in  the  most  absurd,  but  still  not  irrational,  or
insane  notions  of  grandeur  and  wealth.  This  condition  of
mind  continued/br  nearly  a  year,  without  exciting  any  sus-
picion as  to  his  real  state  of  mental  or  bodily  health.  He
then  visited  the  United  States  of  America.  During  the
voyage  out  he  suffered  greatly  from  sea-sickness,  and  his
ideas  (perhaps  as  a  consequence)  were  more  subdued,


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toned  down,  manner  less  restless,  and  his  general  con-
versation in  a  condition  of  healthy  repose.  He  remained
in  America  for  several  years,  indulging  in  many  innocent
oddities,  vagaries,  and  eccentricities,  but  continuing,  ap-
parently, in  healthy  possession  of  his  intellectual  powers.
