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           Atpresenttheymerelyembracethephysicalsignswhichgowithslight,withcomplete,andwithextremeinsensibility.Afterwardwehopetopassontothephenomenaofsuggestionandoflucidity.ProfessorshavedemonstratedthesethingsuponwomenatNancyandattheSalpetriere.Itwillbemoreconvincingwhenawomandemonstratesituponaprofessor,withasecondprofessorasawitness.AndthatIshouldbethesubject—I,thesceptic,thematerialist!Atleast,Ihaveshownthatmydevotiontoscienceisgreaterthantomyownpersonalconsistency.Theeatingofourownwordsisthegreatestsacrificewhichtrutheverrequiresofus.Myneighbor,CharlesSadler,thehandsomeyoungdemonstratorofanatomy,cameinthiseveningtoreturnavolumeofVirchow’s"Archives"whichIhadlenthim.Icallhimyoung,but,asamatteroffact,heisayearolderthanIam."Iunderstand,Gilroy,"saidhe,"thatyouarebeingexperimenteduponbyMissPenclosa.""Well,"hewenton,whenIhadacknowledgedit,"ifIwereyou,Ishouldnotletitgoanyfurther.Youwillthinkmeveryimpertinent,nodoubt,but,nonetheless,Ifeelittobemydutytoadviseyoutohavenomoretodowithher."OfcourseIaskedhimwhy."IamsoplacedthatIcannotenterintoparticularsasfreelyasIcouldwish,"saidhe."MissPenclosaisthefriendofmyfriend,andmypositionisadelicateone.Icanonlysaythis:thatIhavemyselfbeenthesubjectofsomeofthewoman’sexperiments,andthattheyhaveleftamostunpleasantimpressionuponmymind.