(1) The method involves the application of a cold thermal material to the back of the person during ictus (seizure).(2) His great authority, Cresollius, disapproved of orators using u2018 ictus or musicall cadence of the fingersu2019 in free prose, u2018though it may be tollerable for the setting of the intervalls of restrained numbers.u2019(3) More typically ictal symptoms of depression are followed by alteration of consciousness as the ictus evolves from a simple to a complex partial seizure.(4) He also adopted the percussion stop, with which a tiny hammer strikes the reed to give it an initial ictus and so avoid the characteristic rather mushy beginning of the sound.
