Trance
a condition closely allied to sleep, but differs from it as regards dura- TRANCE is sometimes definite and predetermined, a period of repose, the duration of which cording to Dr. Mayo, a positive status; ternal impressions. Death trance is, actrance is suspension of the action of the though unknown. "The basis of death a period of repose, the duration ion of which heart, of breathing, and of voluntary mothough unknown. "The basis of death trance is suspension of the action of the heart, of breathing, and of voluntary motion; generally, likewise, of feeling and intelligence; and the vegetative changes in the body are suspended. With these phenomena is joined loss of external warmth, so that the usual evidence of life is gone." There are no well-authenticated cases on record in which trance has simulated death for any length of time. See CATALEPSY: HYSTERIA.