Though confined within his home, he would tell when a priest (continued)
but only from the priest. To the attentions of his own relatives he offered violent resistance as far as he was able. He would be quiet only when the priest came, and to him alone would he show docility and answer with submission. But his madness or possession did not yield even to the priest until he was cured of his fever, as delirious people are normally cured. After that he suffered no recurrence of the malady.
36. I know of another case of a man undoubtedly delirious, who predicted the death of a certain woman. He did this not as one foretelling the future but as if recalling a past event. "She is dead," he said when her name was mentioned in his presence; "T saw her carried out; they followed this route with her body." This he said while she was alive and well. But a few days later she died suddenly and she was carried forth along the route that he had predicted.
37. There was also among us®* a boy who was in the early stages of puberty and suffering from a severe pain in the genital organs. The doctors were unable to diagnose the case. All they knew was that the affected nerve was hidden inside, so that even if they would remove the foreskin, which was unusually long, the nerve would not be visible but would be found only with great difficulty. The distillation of a viscous and stinging liquid inflamed the testicles and groin. The acute pain would not last long; but when the boy suffered from it, he would shout violently and toss about like a madman, as often happens when people are in great physical pain. And then in the midst of his cries he would lose all sensation and lie with his eyes open, seeing no one and remaining motionless even when someone would pinch him. After a time he would awake as if from sleep and, no longer feeling any pain, would reveal what he had seen. Then after a few days he would go through the same experience. He said that in all or in most of his visions he saw two persons, an old man and a boy, and that they told and showed him what he heard and saw.
38. One day he saw a choir of the faithful bathed in a wonderful light as they sang hymns of joy, and at the same time a company of the wicked surrounded with darkness and suffering various kinds of bitter torments. The old man and the boy were