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his not less gratuitous and hazardous confidential communications to Miot de Melito, in 1797, and his five conversations with Sir Hudson Lowe, immediately recorded by a witness, Major Gorrequer.
(W.Forsyth, I.,147, 161, 200.)] [Footnote 1213: De Pradt, preface X] [Footnote 1214: Pelet de la Lozere, p.
7 .-- Mollien, "Memoires," II., 222.--"Souvenirs du feu duc de Broglie," I., 66, 69.] [Footnote 1215: "Madame de Remusat," I., 121: I have it from Corvisart that the pulsations of his arteries are fewer than is usual with men. He never experienced what is commonly called giddiness." With him, the nervous apparatus is perfect in all its functions, incomparable for receiving, recording, registering, combining, and reflecting, but other organs suffer a reaction and are very sensitive." (De Segur, VI., 15 and 16, note of Drs.
Yvan and Mestivier, his physicians.) "To preserve the equilibrium it was necessary with him that the skin should always fulfill its functions; as soon as the tissues were affected by any moral or atmospheric cause....
irritation, cough, ischuria." Hence his need of frequent prolonged and very hot baths.
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