What Happened to Uncle Toby?

Oliver Sacks suspected hyper-tyridism as a possible cause of this strange behavior. He proposed to treat them with thyroid hormone at the time was available. And the family agreed and Uncle Toby actually, he woke up. So does that mean that when Uncle Toby was in this sort of stupor that maybe not only did he go to sleep, but maybe the cancer went to sleep during that time? Yes, that is exactly the point.