there is nervestorm characterized by loss or abandonment of self-control in the expression of the emotions, particularly grief, by paroxysms of tears or laughter or both together, sensations of constriction as of a ball rising in the throat (globus hkystericus), convulsive movements in the chest, vis, and abdomen, sometimes leading to a with apparent unconsciousness, followed by a relapse into semiunconsciousness or cotnierey: In the non-convulsive forms, al] kinds of organic paralyses may be simulated, as well as muscular contractions and spasms, tremor, loss of sensation (an- Aéthesia) or exaggerated sensation (hyperasthesia), disturbances of respiration, disordered appetite, accelerated pulse, hemorrhages in the skin (stigmata), pain, swelling, or even dislocaon of the joints, and great amenability to suggestion.