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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In St. Petersburg, a soldier and four relatives suffered repeated fits of uncontrollable laughter and convulsions after a wedding supper on October 15 or 16, continuing daily; the bride was unaffected. The story was shared at court by a high-ranking person.
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The following narrative was related last Sunday at Court, by a person of the most illustrious rank:
"A soldier of the regiment of horse guards, having been married on the 15th or 16th of this month, supped the same evening with his wife, in company with his father and mother-in-law, and two more of his relations. Several dishes, elegant for their rank in life, were placed on the table, and every one appeared with the greatest cheerfulness: when suddenly five of them were seized with so immoderate a fit of laughing, that they fell into convulsions. The convulsions, in a few hours, ceased, and did not return that night: but on the next day, precisely at the same hour when they first appeared, the scene was repeated, and has been continued for several days among the persons. It is to be remarked that the bride alone has not been attacked by this accident, of which the cause is unknown."
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Primary Location
Petersburg
Event Date
October 15 Or 16
Outcome
five people affected by repeated convulsions; bride unaffected; cause unknown
Event Details
A soldier of the horse guards married on October 15 or 16 and supped with his wife and four relatives. They suddenly had immoderate laughing fits leading to convulsions, which ceased that night but recurred daily at the same hour for several days.