delivered an undue[H] length of time;
although the infants themselves may not have been at the breast for too
long a period.

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CASES IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE FOREGOING VIEWS.

I.

_Cases of Meningitis[I] supervening upon protracted suckling._

CASE I.

---- Wilshire, aged two years seven months, died of '_Water on the
brain_,'--_suckled twelve months_.

CASE II.

---- Park, aged one year ten months, died of '_Water in the
head_,'--_suckled fourteen months_.

CASE III.

Prince V----, aged two years and a few months, died of
_Hydrencephalus_,--_suckled until his death_. In this case I was
consulted a short time previously, and recommended the breast-milk to be
withheld--my advice was not followed.

CASE IV.

Emma Lane, aged two years, admitted at the Infirmary for Children for
_Meningitis_,--_suckled one year and eleven months_.

CASE V.

The mother of the preceding suckled another child '_a very long
period_,' and it died of '_Water on the Brain_.'

CASE VI.

Edmund Power, aged two years, _still at the breast_, admitted for
_Chronic Hydrocephalus_: the head is of great magnitude; fontanelles
open: superficial veins large and prominent.

CASE VII.

Sophia Hamley, aged one year two months, _still at the breast_, admitted
for _Meningitis_.

CASE VIII.

William How, aged one year six months, admitted for
_Meningitis_,--_suckled thirteen months_.

CASE IX.

David Hepburn, aged two years six months, admitted for
_Meningitis_,--_suckled two years four months_.

CASE X.

Samuel Hanks, aged one year nine months, admitted for
_Meningitis_,--_suckled one year eight months_.

CASE XI.

Amelia Hill, aged two years six months, admitted for
_Meningitis_,--_suckled one year nine months_.

CASE XII.

---- Hughes, died of '_Water in the head_,'--_suckled fourteen months_.

CASE XIII.

---- Ferreira, aged seventeen months, died of '_Water in the
head_,'--_suckled until its death_.

For the five following cases I am indebted to the kindness of Mr.
William Griffith, an intelligent surgeon of Eaton-street, who, having
some time ago been apprised of my peculiar views, has since directed his
attention particularly to the subject. They completely confirm my
opinions, and will have more weight with the public than any additional
evidence I could adduce from my own practice.

In the letter inclosing these cases, Mr. Griffith writes t