minutes after ten o’clock
He replied feebly , yet quite audibly , `` Yes , I wish to be . I fear you have mesmerized '' -- adding immediately afterwards , `` deferred it too long . '' While he spoke thus , I commenced the passes which I had already found most effectual in subduing him . He was evidently influenced with the first lateral stroke of my hand across his forehead ; but although I exerted all my powers , no further perceptible effect was induced until some minutes after ten o'clock , when Doctors D -- and F -- called , according to appointment . I explained to them , in a few words , what I designed , and as they opposed no objection , saying that the patient was already in the death agony , I proceeded without hesitation -- exchanging , however , the lateral passes for downward ones , and directing my gaze entirely into the right eye of the sufferer . By this time his pulse was imperceptible and his breathing was stertorous , and at intervals of half a minute . This condition was nearly unaltered for a quarter of an hour .