observed; right capsule smaller, but similarly affected.

83.
Dr. HABERSHON, Guy’s Hosp. Reports, vol. x., p. 82.

Male, 18, book-binder.

Abscess in neck from diseased glands nearly two years before death. Health began to fail from that time.

Debility, irritability of stomach, feeble and compressible pulse; abdomen contracted; appetite tolerably good; irritability of stomach, and prostration increased till he sank from exhaustion.

Generally of a deep colour; two narrow, almost black rings, on neck; axillæ also dark.

Left capsule much enlarged and infiltrated with deposit - in some parts cheesy, in others calcareous; enlargement towards semi-lunar ganglion, which, with nerve branches, was surrounded by dense fibroid tissue; right capsule rather less affected, and nerves could be traced to it more easily.

Lungs and other organs normal; very thick layer of fat on abdomen; heart covered with fat; spleen large and soft.

84.
Dr. STURGES, Lancet, 1864, vol. ii., p. 569.

Male, 23, engine-cleaner.

None given. Illness, above three years.

Debility, vomiting, frequent diarrhœa, and epistaxis; improved very much at one period, but relapsed; some months before death, choreic spasm for several weeks.

Face and whole body of a copper-coloured hue, approaching to bronzing; Numerous dark-brown specks over whole surface, and some brownish specks on soft palate.

Both infiltrated with cheesy matter.

All healthy.

85.
Mr. WALLACE, Assoc. Med. Jour., 1856, p. 1035.

Female, 48, private patient.

None given. Illness, nine months.

Faintness, occasional vomiting, and diarrhœa; listlessness and torpor; once, on being suddenly raised, a slight convulsive fit.

Skin of a deep-brown colour, most marked on face, hands, and arms.

Organs scarcely traceable, presenting a granulated disintegrating mass of a yellowish-grey colour.

All healthy; abundance of yellow fat on chest and abdomen.