were dilated, and the tongue was not retracted, for Mr. Hillier felt for it immediately. quarter. Left lung, seventeen ounces and a half, the characters being the same as on the right side. Vessels on the convex surThe quantity put upon the lint was just face of the brain not congested; some slight one drachm and forty minims, and chloro- thickening of the membranes seen in places. form had been given in the same manner, Near the longitudinal sinus, the arachnoid and from the same bottle, to six patients, was here and there thickened and opaque. on the very day which preceded the pa- On section of the hemispheres, the red tient's death. Five of these had been nar-points were not found numerous, and the cotized by Mr. Hillier himself, and they had mostly had more chloroform than the present patient. contrast between gray and white matter was well marked There was no fluid in the ventricles, and the substance of the brain was firm. Other parts of the brain quite sound. No coagula are to be seen; all the blood is fluid and of a dark colour. The upper part of the small intestines was much distended with air, as well as the stomach. The portion of bowel below the strangulation, including part of the small, and all the large intestines, is very narrow and contracted. Pink streaks are noticed on the superior part of the small intestines, and are of very fine injection; no effusion of lymph; the strangulated portion of intestine was about the size of a hen's egg. Other viscera of the abdomen healthy. The fibres of the heart were examined by Dr. Garrod under the microscope, and presented the usual appearance of fatty degeneration.-Lancet, October 28, 1853. Post-mortem examination, conducted by Dr. Garrod, thirteen hours after death.Rigor mortis well marked in all the limbs; a great deal of fluid blood was seen in the thorax on removing the sternum; abdomen very tympanitic. On opening the pericardium, about an ounce of colourless fluid escaped. The heart was quite collapsed and empty, which circumstance was possibly due to the extreme fluidity of the blood which had escaped during the separation of the sternum. The parts have, however, not been much disturbed, and the head is lying at the upper part of the table, so that the blood would have had to flow up. wards. Anterior aspect of the heart, chiefly the right ventricle, covered with fat, the muscular fibres being visible only in one or two places. The largest patch of muscle is seen towards the middle of the or- To Readers and Correspondents.—The gan, a little to the right of the septum. present number contains the concluding The body generally is by no means re-pages of the first portion of the fourth part markable for adipose deposit. No appear ance of adherence in the thoracic aorta. The weight of the heart, without opening, is seven ounces and three-quarters. The aortic valves sustain a column of water well; so also do the pulmonary. The tricuspid valves are slightly beaded, but moderately healthy, and admit the tips of four fingers. The walls of the right ventricle are flabby and pale, their mean thickness being one-eighth of an inch. At some points, the parietes become excessively thin and encroached on by fat, and at other places there is scarcely any muscular fibre visible at all. This extreme thinness is mostly perceptible near the apex of the ventricle. Left ventricle: wall flabby, dry in appearance, pale in colour, easily rent; average thickness, half an inch; the mitral valve admits the thickness of three fingers, and is healthy. The right lung is crepitant throughout, there is no marked engorgement, and no tubercles are observed. Weight, seventeen ounces and a of Todd and Bowman's Physiological Anatomy, and our readers are now in possession of all that has as yet appeared of this valuable work. 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Argenteuil, prize for improvements in the Cooper, irreducible hernia, 72 treatment of urinary diseases, 16 Arsenic-eaters, 60 Copperhead snake, bite of, 40 Croup, contagious influence of, 168 D. Dalrymple on cure of cataract without opera- Davis on organization of American Medical Decoene, Cæsarian section, 98 Diabetes, permanganate of potash in, 25 Berthold-Seemann, simaba cedron an anti-Diarrhoea, 77 Blaudet, chloride of barium for preserving Diphtheritic exudation in scarlet fever, 28 Dupetit, influence of spinal marrow on move- Duplay, ovarian cysts, 77 E. Elbow-joint, excision of, 33 Elsasser, condition of fœtal circulation, 99 Employers, liability of, for attendance on Erections, painful, lupulin in, 28 Examinations real, not verbal, 61 Gairdner on homeopathic hospital statis- Malpractice, suits for pretended, 110, 126 Gelatin, method of preparing, 45 Mantell, obituary notice of, 16 Gorre, effect of milk in poisoning by nux Medical charities and the Empress of France, Gum-elastic cups, 13 Gums, peculiar form of ulceration of, 166 H. Hampden Sidney College, 71, 127 62 classes, 71 department of U. S. Navy, 48 - journals, 58 Medicines, 60 Hancock, chloroform in phagedenic ulcers, Meigs's new work, 60 Microscope in legal medicine, 99 on board immigrant ships, 187, 202 N. Nasal injections as a means of nourishing Navy, medical department of, 20 New Hampshire State Medical Society, 125 Northern Medical Association, 21 North Carolina, address to the physicians of, 22 sulphuric acid in diarrhœa, 77 Iodide of potassa, peculiar symptom pro- Norwalk catastrophe, 96 Iodine injections, 29 ments of, 73 Nonat, paralysis of extremities treated with Iris, influence of spinal marrow on move- Nux vomica, effect of milk in poisoning by, King's College, resignation of Dr. Todd, 77 Paralysis of extremities, 27 Leucorrhoea, epidemic, infantile, 153, 173, Permanganate of potash in diabetes, 25 Liebig, testimonial to, 77 Pereira's Elements of Materia Medica, 78 Phagedenic ulcers, chloroform in, 45 , proceed- County Medical Society, 70 --, weather in, 11, 18, 40, 55, 70, Physicians to the household of the emperor, Polli, cure of phlegmon, 77 Pope, death from chloroform, 12 Prosecutions of medical men, 110, 126 Puerperal convulsions, 77 Q. Quackery, four strongholds of, in fourth es- Trials for alleged felonious assaults, 153, 173, 181 in Great Britain, 181 197 Trochlea of humerus, fracture of, 192 sketches of, 4, 53, 54, 69, 158, Trousseau, 48 evolution of teeth in children, 191 U. Uhde, aneurism of gluteal artery, 147 V. Vaccinations, compulsory, 167 W. Warts, cure of, by magnesia, 25 Wiltshire, diphtheritic exudations in scarlet Winternitz, treatment of pruritus vulvæ, 16 Y. Yale College medical department, 145 |