Catalepsis, or, A waking Senslesness or Stu∣pidity, wherein a man retains the form and figure of one awake, when neverthe∣less all the functions of his mind and sen∣ses are asleep.
- Cured by voiding Worms. I.
- Whether Wine may be allowed? II.
I. A Girl not full eight years old in a Burn∣ing-fever was first taken with a deep sleep, and then with a Catalepsis, her Eyes being quite open: She took nothing down for seven days, but a little Chicken-broth with Purslane boiled in it; she lay pale,* speechless, and without motion, onely she breathed with difficulty. The Mother, in utter de∣spair of her Daughter, gave her a Suppository of Honey, with which she voided a knot of forty two Worms without any excrement, and presently came to her self. Some caliginous Vapours from these Animals in her Belly seized all the Senses of her Brain.
*II. Galen, 3. simpl. allows Malmsey-wine to Cata∣leptick persons, after whose example Amatus permits Cretian. Wine is best with some Sage or Rosemary in it.
