Arly to their usual size. One of the earliest, most frequent, and
distressing symptoms, was an intense pain in the head. About two months
before death, a hemiplegia took place, but after a few days disappeared.
This so much impaired the operations of the mind, that the patient
afterwards found great difficulty in recollecting words sufficient to
form an intelligible sentence. During the existence of the last symptom
the pulse was regular. He gradually expired, on the 15th of March, 1809.
DISSECTION, FIVE HOURS AFTER DEATH. EXTERNAL APPEARANCE. The countenance
was somewhat livid and pale; the lips were very livid. The chest
resounded, when struck, except over the heart. The abdomen was tumid,
and marked by cicatrices like those of women, who have borne children.
The superior extremities were emaciated, and marked like the abdomen.
The lower extremities were oedematous. THORAX. The cartilages of the
ribs were ossified. The left cavity of the pleura contained about twelve
ounces of water; the right, about three ounces. The lungs, externally,
were dark coloured, especially the posterior lobes; internally, they
were very firm, and, in some places, as dense as the substance of the
liver. A frothy mucus was effused from them in great q
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