A suspected case of:0fiu we A. disease new to the majority }of people has been brought to public attention by Dr. W. J. Adie, an Jauthority on paralysis and epilepsy. Tt is called narcolepys, is more com. mon among men than women, begins between the ages of 11 and 35 and persists throughout life, "The Dr, Aide, in an article in "Brain" "is characterised by the occurrence of attacks of irresi ble sleep without apparent. caus and curious attacks of emotion it which the muscles relax suddenly 30 that the victim sinks to the ground, fully conscious but unable to move." There is also another form of the attack, a sort of cata-Hepsy, which is usually brought on by Jaughter, This cataleptic stage soon passes, as a rule, but it may also end inthe sleep stage.
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