ItremainedinallrespectsasIhavelastdescribedit，withtheexceptionthatthemirrornolongeraffordedevidenceofrespiration。
Anattempttodrawbloodfromthearmfailed。Ishouldmention，too，thatthislimbwasnofarthersubjecttomywill。Iendeavoredinvaintomakeitfollowthedirectionofmyhand。Theonlyrealindication，indeed，ofthemesmericinfluence，wasnowfoundinthevibratorymovementofthetongue，wheneverIaddressedM。Valdemaraquestion。Heseemedtobemakinganefforttoreply，buthadnolongersufficientvolition。ToqueriesputtohimbyanyotherpersonthanmyselfheseemedutterlyinsensiblealthoughIendeavoredtoplaceeachmemberofthecompanyinmesmericrapportwithhim。I
believethatIhavenowrelatedallthatisnecessarytoanunderstandingofthesleep-waker’sstateatthisepoch。Othernurseswereprocured；andatteno’clockIleftthehouseincompanywiththetwophysiciansandMr。Ll。
Intheafternoonweallcalledagaintoseethepatient。Hisconditionremainedpreciselythesame。Wehadnowsomediscussionastotheproprietyandfeasibilityofawakeninghim；butwehadlittledifficultyinagreeingthatnogoodpurposewouldbeservedbysodoing。Itwasevidentthat，sofar，deathorwhatisusuallytermeddeathhadbeenarrestedbythemesmericprocess。ItseemedcleartousallthattoawakenM。Valdemarwouldbemerelytoinsurehisinstant，oratleasthisspeedydissolution。
FromthisperioduntilthecloseoflastweekanintervalofnearlysevenmonthswecontinuedtomakedailycallsatM。