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by an attack of apoplexy, and was not found but after hav- ing Iain in this state for about tliirteen liours. On being brougbt liome, it appeared tbat bis lcft side was quite pa­ralysed, the corners of the inouth as well, as tlie inuscles of the face, hung down loosely; the tongue also being affected, he could but utter inarticulate sounds. Althougli after sonie time he was able again to niove the paralysed limbs, it became evident, from violent pains he complained of in the head and the limbs, chiefly wlieu the weather was about to change, that he was in a state of complicated gout. These Symptoms werc rcrooved by diaphoretic and aperient niedicines, yet his uncertain movements, and the impediinent of spcech rcquired more powerful remedies. He was seilt to Wildbad, where a course of bathing reaiised the inost sanguine hopes of his physieian.

Among the many instances on record of eures of para- lysis and paralytic weakness, arising from diseases of the nervous System, we select the following one.

The Baron of . . . . 42 years of age, of a robust Con­

stitution, and sanguine and choleric disposition, had in former years suffefed rnuch from rheumatic pains, which, during the winter and spring of 1838, concentratcd upon the right side of the face, where they remained stationary, in spite of all internal and external remedies. By degrees the disorder attacked also the inuscles of the right eye, the external muscle of which ( musc. rer.t. ext.) appeared to be to- tally paralysed, which produced the semblance of a very dis- agreeable squint. In 1833 the patient was sent to Wildbad, where a stay of four weeks effccted a great improvement in his state, and six weeks after his return liome, the com- plaint disappeared entirely.

To this dass belonged the case narrated by Dr. Gran- ville in the following terms. “An interesting example of