Then you do believe he had convulsions?—To a certain extent, but less in intensity. There was a great deal of mental and bodily excitement.
On the Monday night?—I have stated to you that he was in that condition which very often precedes convulsions.
Will you admit if a man so under the influence of morphia and he is suddenly disturbed by a noise, it is likely to have a depressing effect upon him?—I will; but there is no proof of a noise.
T. Nunneley
There is no proof, except his own statement, of any illness?—Precisely; that is part of my opinion—that he did not state what had occurred accurately.
Do you mean to say that he did not state that thing?—No; that he was mistaken. That is one of the symptoms. I believe the man to have been delirious then.
Now, be so good as to tell me what are the convulsions of which you gave some statement to my friend which will produce convulsions of a tetanic form?—Any irritation will produce it.
Ending in death?—It may end in death.
Will you tell me of any convulsions which you have known end in death accompanied with what my friend calls tetanic symptoms?—I have known them in children. I have never had such a case in an adult.
Has your reading furnished you with any?—The general statement of all writers is that such cases do occur.