ItremainedinallrespectsasIhavelastdescribedit，withtheexceptionthatthemirrornolongeraffordedevidenceofrespiration。

　　Anattempttodrawbloodfromthearmfailed。Ishouldmention，too，thatthislimbwasnofarthersubjecttomywill。Iendeavoredinvaintomakeitfollowthedirectionofmyhand。Theonlyrealindication，indeed，ofthemesmericinfluence，wasnowfoundinthevibratorymovementofthetongue，wheneverIaddressedM。Valdemaraquestion。Heseemedtobemakinganefforttoreply，buthadnolongersufficientvolition。ToqueriesputtohimbyanyotherpersonthanmyselfheseemedutterlyinsensiblealthoughIendeavoredtoplaceeachmemberofthecompanyinmesmericrapportwithhim。I

　　believethatIhavenowrelatedallthatisnecessarytoanunderstandingofthesleep-waker’sstateatthisepoch。Othernurseswereprocured；andatteno’clockIleftthehouseincompanywiththetwophysiciansandMr。Ll。

　　Intheafternoonweallcalledagaintoseethepatient。Hisconditionremainedpreciselythesame。Wehadnowsomediscussionastotheproprietyandfeasibilityofawakeninghim；butwehadlittledifficultyinagreeingthatnogoodpurposewouldbeservedbysodoing。Itwasevidentthat，sofar，deathorwhatisusuallytermeddeathhadbeenarrestedbythemesmericprocess。ItseemedcleartousallthattoawakenM。Valdemarwouldbemerelytoinsurehisinstant，oratleasthisspeedydissolution。

　　FromthisperioduntilthecloseoflastweekanintervalofnearlysevenmonthswecontinuedtomakedailycallsatM。

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