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Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia
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Report from London paper on an insane man in Aix-la-Chapelle, France, whose madness cycles every three years: silence, incessant speech, violent laughter, whistling, and now crying, causing partial blindness; survives on minimal bread and water for 15 years.
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In the mad-house at Aix-la-Chapelle, (France) is an insane man, whose madness has been subject to surprising and periodical changes. For three years he never spoke a word, but was continually silent. During the three following, he seldom ceased to speak either by night or day. Afterwards he laughed for three years, and in such a violent manner, that he often fell into convulsions.—When the period was over, he began to whistle from morning to night, and from night to morning, so that many persons apprehended that want of rest must kill him. It will soon be three years since he began to cry in such a manner that he has already lost the sight of one eye, and should he not soon leave it off, he must probably in a short time be entirely blind. He is 35 years of age, but looks as if he had passed three score and ten.
His only food for these last fifteen years has been, In every 24 hours two small slices of bread, and his only drink, two glasses of water.
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Aix La Chapelle, France
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lost sight in one eye; at risk of total blindness; appears aged beyond 35 years
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An insane man in the mad-house at Aix-la-Chapelle exhibits periodical madness: silent for three years, then constantly speaking for three years, laughing violently for three years causing convulsions, whistling incessantly for three years, and now crying for nearly three years, leading to loss of one eye's sight. He consumes only two small slices of bread and two glasses of water daily for the last fifteen years.