There have been cases in which they have succeeded in killing the victims of their fury." "Without being conscious of it ?" "Without being conscious of it then or afterwards.

After the patient recovers from one of these attacks his mind is generally a complete blank, but occasionally he will have a troubled or confused sense of something having happened to him--like a man awakened from a bad dream, which he cannot recall.

This young man may come to his senses without remembering anything which occurred downstairs, or he may be vaguely alarmed, and ask a number of questions.

In either case, it will be some time--from half an hour to several hours--before his mind begins to work normally again." "Do you think it was his intention, when he got up from his table, to attack the group at the table nearest him--that elderly clergyman and his party ?" "I think it highly probable that he would have attacked the first person within his reach--that is why I wanted to prevent him." "But he didn't carry the knife with him from his table." "My dear sir"-- Sir Henry's voice conveyed the proper amount of professional superiority--"you speak as though you thought a victim of _furor epilepticus_ was a rational being.

He is nothing of the kind.
While the attack lasts he is an uncontrollable maniac, not responsible for his actions in the slightest degree." "But, if he is capable of conceiving the idea of attacking his fellow creatures, surely he is capable of picking up a knife for the purpose, particularly when he has just previously had one in his hand ?" urged Colwyn.