y was rather loose, his urine natural,
his sleep good, his senses, and the powers of his mind, unimpaired; he
was attentive to, and sensible of every thing which was said in
conversation, and shewed himself very desirous of joining in it; but
was continually checked by the impediment in his speech, and the
difficulty which his hearers were put to. Happily for him he was able
to read, and as capable as ever of writing, as he shewed me, by
putting into my hands an account of his present situation, drawn up by
himself: and I am informed that he spent his time to the very last, in
writing upon some of the most abstruse subjects."

This gentleman died about four years after the accident, when the body
was examined by Dr. Bellett and Mons. Sorbier, who made the following
report:

"We first examined the muscles of the tongue, which were found
extenuated and of a loose texture. We observed no signs of compression
in the lingual and brachial nerves, as high as their exit from the
basis of the cranium and the vertebrae of the neck; but they appeared
to us more compact than they commonly are, being nearly tendinous. The
dura mater was in a sound state, but the pia mater was full of blood
and lymph; on it several hydatids, and towards the falx some marks of
suppuration were observed. The ventricles were filled with water, and
the plexus choroides was considerably enlarged, and stuffed with
grumous blood. The cortical surface of the brain appeared much browner
than usual, but neither the medullary part nor cerebellum were
impaired. We chiefly took notice of the Medulla Oblongata, this was
greatly enlarged, surpassing the usual size by more than one third. It
was likewise more compact. The membranes, which, in their
continuation, inclose the spinal marrow, were so tough that we found
great difficulty in cutting through them, and we observed this to be
the cause of the tendinous texture of the cervical nerves. The marrow
itself had acquired such solidity as to elude the pressure of our
fingers, it resisted as a callous body, and could not be bruised. This
hardness was observed all along the vertebrae of the neck, but lessened
by degrees, and was not near so considerable in the vertebrae of the
thorax. Though the patient was but nine and thirty years old, the
cartilages of the sternum were ossified, and required as much labour
to cut them asunder as the ribs; like these they were spungy, but
somewhat whiter. The lungs and heart were