In Kennedy's case the coma is less marked.
I cannot but feel, however, that with her we may be able to do more and more quickly than with this patient, as our hands are not tied.

I have placed her in a draught; and already she shows some signs, though very faint ones, of ordinary unconsciousness.

The rigidity of her limbs is less, and her skin seems more sensitive--or perhaps I should say less insensitive--to pain." "How is it, then," I asked, "that Mr.Trelawny is still in this state of insensibility; and yet, so far as we know, his body has not had such rigidity at all ?" "That I cannot answer.

The problem is one which we may solve in a few hours; or it may need a few days.

But it will be a useful lesson in diagnosis to us all; and perhaps to many and many others after us, who knows!" he added, with the genuine fire of an enthusiast.
As the morning wore on, he flitted perpetually between the two rooms, watching anxiously over both patients.