If sent to the wood-pile for a
handful of wood, he would continue to bring in wood until the
pile was exhausted or the room was full. On all occasions his
automatic movements could only be stopped by force.
At a meeting in Breslau Meschede rendered an account of a man who
suffered from simple misdirection of movement without any mental
derangement. If from his own desire, or by direction of others,
he wanted to attempt any muscular movement, his muscles performed
the exact opposite to his inclinations. If he desired to look to
the right, his eyes involuntarily moved to the left. In this case
the movement was not involuntary, as the muscles were quiet
except when called to action by the will, and then they moved to
the opposite.
Presentiment, or divination of approaching death, appearing to be
a hypothetic allegation, has been established as a strong factor
in the production of a fatal issue in many cases in which there
was every hope for a recovery. In fact several physicians have
mentioned with dread the peculiar obstinacy of such presentiment.
Hippocrates, Romanus, Moller, Richter, Jordani, and other older
writers speak of it. Montgomery reports a remarkable case of a
woman suffering from carcinoma of the uterus.
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