A has been suggested as a mediator of cataleptic behavior. Shortly thereafter, the doctor acquired a new patient, a Russian nobleman with cataleptic fits. All three persons witnessing his face fall into cataleptic states forever. The critical stage is the next state, when you say the subject is cataleptic. Wiley sees the cats and goes into a cataleptic state when one jumps on him. Cataleptic fits can range in duration from several minutes to weeks. Dodd has a cataleptic shock and goes insane on realizing his loss.