. Punch . ountesses and others with its specific virus, which he is said to haveobtained from a Bohemian nobleman. The form of its eruption was at firstcircular, corresponding to the circles of fashion ; but it has now extended tothe whole body of society, including its lowest members. Its chief symptomsare extraordinary convulsions and wild gesticulations of the limbs, with fre-quent stampings on the floor, and rotatory movements of the body, such asaccompany lesions of the cerebellum. That part is said by Gall to be the organof amativeness ; and the Polka delirium, in several instances, has
. Punch . ountesses and others with its specific virus, which he is said to haveobtained from a Bohemian nobleman. The form of its eruption was at firstcircular, corresponding to the circles of fashion ; but it has now extended tothe whole body of society, including its lowest members. Its chief symptomsare extraordinary convulsions and wild gesticulations of the limbs, with fre-quent stampings on the floor, and rotatory movements of the body, such asaccompany lesions of the cerebellum. That part is said by Gall to be the organof amativeness ; and the Polka delirium, in several instances, has terminated inlove-madness. This form of mania, in the female subject, displays itself, partly, ina passion for fantastic finery ; as fur trimmings, red, green, and yellow boots, andother strange bedizeuments. Articles of dress, indeed, seem capable of propa-gating the contagion; for there are Polka Pelisses and Polka Tunics; nay, itwas but the other day that we met with some Polka Wafers, so that the Polka. for, go where you will, you are sure to be plagued with it. Aftercommitting the greatest ravages in London itself, it attacked thesuburbs, whence it quickly spread to remote districts, and there isnow not a hamlet in Great Britain which it does not infest more orless. Its chief victims are the young and giddy; but as yet ithas not been known to prove fatal, although many, ourselvesinclusive, have complained of having been bored to death by cure has as yet been proposed for Polkamania ; but per-haps an antidote, corresponding to vaccination, in the shape ofsome new jig or other variety of the caper, may prove effectual :yet, after all, it may be doubted if the remedy would not beworse than the disease. MY POLKA AFTER SIX LESSONS. mania seems communicable by all sorts of things that put it into peoples this respect it obviously resembles the Plague ; but not in this respect only : (Suctions at i&e ^Examination of ©anbfoatts forAmission as .^ttonugs. Hilary Term
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