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Tribune j.-tras Lecture and Letter Scries. 



ehe executed a series of half-circles and in that way suc- 

 ceeded iu t'ointf forward. She was in perfect in-alth oth- 

 erwise. She c.nil.i not !,elp tin-. Tnere Wiis iiu irreMst- 

 ible power pushing her so. Her will force could not 



OXelvomr It. 



The must Miigular of tln-e rotary movements are 



III. a the e.ir Will prodUee. All MI) .! mil of cold 

 v.itcr iu tin- i- ir u ill lu-oduci; .1 vcrv treat change sotne- 

 . I:i a curious book ol a Fr. nehman of AUace 

 l'i r.. . iman n.ixx [,-icat laugbterj there are, 



I dai .--.i\, more than tlm-e or four hundred of those 

 Btranf ol roi.ir.v inoxcmeni> or change of direc- 



tion liy .-oaiethii)^' actuu-a^ain>t tin- \vill. Thi-.s<- dUea.^-r. 



ore particularly oommou m xvonn-u, and a great many 

 of tue oaeea are allied to hvsterla ; imt they exist iroui 

 un organic cause In man a .in. -nines also. 



SUMNER'S -rri-r.U INGS FIFTH 



.lh.\ (IK TH U LI-:CTURER CONSE- 

 QUENCES .1 i::..H ATIXCf PARTICULAR Nl.KVKS 

 PEOPLE SAYING 1IIIM..S THEY DON'T WANT TO 

 BAY ENE /.'.. : ',<HJO TIMES IX 82 IloCKS 



.\i">i-ii:i> ix SUMXER'S CASE WHY 



AM> llo\V II,. I.M'IKI.D THE TORTURE. 



BOSTON, M i; :i I"-. Dr. Brown-Sc'quard's fifth lec- 

 tnre un . \cr\n. ;s Force would regularly have been 

 delix i T. d mi March ll. hut a summons to Washing- 

 ton t . attend Mr. S.iuiuer postponed the delivery 

 U.:tll last evening. 



It \xa.s evident wli'-n the lecturer appeared on tbe 

 )>h:tlorm thut lie \\a-i suffering much agitation. 

 gillie iiioiiH-nt .- 1 -1 :; .. -d hefore ho could obtain pos- 

 'ii 1. 1 in, voice, and wbeu be did speak tlicre 

 was:* jn-iiinl'in.-ni --:.s in the utterance wbich sbowed 

 tiiu deep einoi ion that .swayed him. His allusion to 

 Mr. Sunnier m "P ning his lecture was more aftect- 

 log tbaD a simple report of bis words can indicate. 

 When, after talkiim a half hour, bis subject led him 

 in- ii i- to i.-i din to Mr. Simmer's case, the Doctor 

 broke ilo\x n completely, and was obliged to ask the 

 ai.ili DCti t" , . . him fur the remainder of the 

 evening. 



J.AI.II - AM) (iLNTi.KMLX: For the second time In lec- 

 tiinii^' lieic I have lo liet your forgiveness for bein^ 

 In.iVi-.l in UK- \\.iv lliat I .un. Since 1>7 the eminent 

 in. in that hi* li-tt us has boon under my care, and has 

 been also a very dear friend. I sympathized with him 

 Inivri.x, one 11: tie- ;.'.-ii'-roii.s impulses tuat led him to 

 . py SIK Ii a Inch raulc in the. history of this country. 

 Ai.'l Un ic lor,- n is easy lor you to uudcrt-taud that I am 

 noxv !i.u .iy more about his greatness, and 



tin- hiuw in.it nar i mi i!r, r and you m this city, and I, us 

 In- 'rn-inl, II.IM- n-i-i-ix i-.l. In u few minutes, when a 

 I. itiv linn i- m 1-1. r ..i my i.civis, I shall have to say 

 ^oim-ihiiiK' .iini'it 1,11.1 pi-nil .s-ion.illy ; sometuiiiK which I 

 have IP v.-r ini-iiiiiiin-ii imt to a few friends, as ao long 

 n- in- livi-d 1 l.-n-xv ih;it .1 ni'idi -iy by far uroatcr in him 

 than aiiv inidy i;ii.-w. .. n ild li.ivi- lieon wouudud if I had 

 ri'oUi-n it .ilmiil .1- I -li.ill lii-m^lil. 



LX.TUAOUUINAKY CON-I 'Jl IM l.S OF IHUITATIXO TUB 

 Al HIKiKV Nl.ltVE. 



I IinW ri.;nn to (Ii.- Mllji-el of this li-ctlire. You TO- 

 nicinli' I th.it 1:1 tin- l:i-( lerlure 1 k'lve t.i.-t s to show 

 thai id e irre.iii -t dlkorden ni,i.\ oi-eiir rep.-.iti-Mlv flnd 

 nln,, -.t Constant!] un.li-i- tin- inllni-m n nl I lie irru.il i,.n 

 Ol 'lie UurVLili* ayetelU. 1 -.a. ill UuW UluUtlua 4 1'e W Ulol'U 



of these facts. When wo inject cold water in our ears, 

 we remark that peculiarly disurderlx- movements come 

 at once. In i-eriain animals, if \x e prielc a certain uerve 

 the aii'litory nerve we flad thai a niimin-r of striiUK6 

 pheiioiiii na \vill occur immediately. In the flrst place, 

 x\ hen i he pour creature tries to move, it turns arouud 

 and around. It i.s hardly m its power tn \vallc straight 

 lorxvanl. It turns arouud like a hor>e in a circus. Bat 

 x\ hat is more surprising, wliat au-xv^rs iu the auimal 

 to tin- hit arm, on the opposite shl in th.t where tha 

 injury \va-t male, isdriwn backward ill what we call 

 tor.-ion ; that i^, the thumii, or what represents it, is 

 turned outside, and this connection r. -m.i: .i.> alxvaj's the 

 same as Inn;,' as the animal exists. Besides, there Is a 

 eiin-ii.leraiile increase m the susceptibility of the skin. 

 l-'io^-s, as you well know, very rarely produce a sound of 

 the voice, but they shriek under this treatment very fre- 

 quently. 



In superior animal*, and m the mammals particularly, 

 an in.jnrv to thai nerve produces als.i very frequently 

 (,'reat disorderly movements. Tiios phenomena have 

 l>cen considered as depending on something else than 

 tin- irritation of the nerve; there are semi-circular 

 can.ils in the ear whicii have been con.-idered as having 

 peculiar poxver. But I think th i| i^-nou is clearly de- 

 eided, tor in iro^.- we can reach the nerve without touch- 

 ing at all these semi-circular canals, and wo produce 

 these phenomenal h.ivo m,-utioa?.d. It is thus certaiu 

 that the nerve of audition has a power in that way to 

 produce very disorderly movements. 



In man an aOction of tuis nerve is frequently 

 folhrved by the greatest disorder. I have been called 

 more than oncu to see patients who have been con- 

 sidered as afflicted with a serious affection of the brain, 

 but who had nothing but an affection of the an litory 

 nerve, more or loss quickly controlled, and at any rate 

 not threatening a fatal termination as the snrpoeed 

 <!i-.ense would have done. In one of thosv cases an 

 abscess iu the mai-toid bom-, behind tin- ear, was the 

 cause! of all tho trouble. The abscess \\as opi-ued and 

 the patient got well. I saw the pa'ient at. Kln.ira, ahd 

 the able physician who performed the operation, aud 

 the cure was perfect. 



IXAinLIlY TO BRIDLE THE UXUUI.Y MKMBER. 



There are some other eases which conM>t not merely 

 in a disorder in movement, but ;I!MI iu some disorder of 

 tin- mind associated with it. There are cases in which, 

 through, some irritation, a patient will utti-r certain 

 words and not always the most desirable words. A most 

 eminent mathematician one of tho four or flvo most 

 able and ingenious mat hcmaliclans of the a^t is s>uf- 

 ternii; irom tins atlection. IIo is certainly, as regards 

 jiower of mind, above most men with whom I am ac- 

 quainted. Hut very frequently, under this affection, a 

 \\or.l.andoiteiione \xliu-li no man in society ought to 

 niter, will come to his lips. lie lias >om, i.nies the power 

 of conn-actins: his lips before tho sound comes out, so 

 that he may be saved from the n:on ilieation of beiutc 

 heard. J!ut sometimes it oi-eurs \\itli Mien rapidity that 

 it is uttered fully, and the poor man has the morlill.-.i- 

 tioii ol sax. in-: somethintc that very few eilnrated men 

 would r-ay. [Laughter.] My Irieinl Dr. i;. ('. S.-yuin re- 

 l.ited the eaM- ol a clergyman who Was troubled iu this 



way, and whose affection toob a peculiar form, immo- 



dialely after havinj,' be^'iin Die Lord'.- I'raxer, after hav- 

 ing i-aid, " Our Fat her whicii art iu Heaven," he iuvo> 

 riablx i \i-.aiiin 1 1, " l.el Him slay there." [( , real laugh- 

 n-r.J Of cour.se In- had to ^ix'e up preaching. 



A.lAd] oi i in- in^iierii noiniiix in England bad to lean 

 court for u nimilar reason. 6he gave utterance to thi 



