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The Plough, the Loom and the Anvil. Vol. VII. No. 3. Sept. 1854. 



New York. 8vo. — From the Editor. 

 Lithographic Portrait of the late Dr. R. M. Bird. — From Dr. Rus- 

 chenberger. 



Several members appointed at former meetings to prepare 

 obituary notices were discharged from the duty assigned them. 



Mr. Justice mentioned a singular instance of deprivation of 

 the senses of taste and smell, resulting from an accidental 

 injury to the head. 



About nine months since, a person of his acquaintance was thrown 

 from his carriage while riding. In his fall, his head first came in 

 contact with the ground, producing a concussion of the brain. The 

 injury appeared to have been received behind, but above the ear. 

 He was laid on his bed in a state of total insensibility, and so re- 

 mained for nearly a month, about which time he revived, and to his 

 surprise found that he had entirely lost both the senses of taste and 

 smell. In this situation he still remains, and it is now equally in- 

 diflerent to him what he partakes of as food, so far as regards all 

 taste; — Cayenne pepper or saw-dust, as he expressed it, being alike 

 tasteless. But, as a compensation for this loss, he enjoys a constant 

 sensation of a most delightful character, which he can only compare 

 to the most delicious cordial flowing through his mouth. This con- 

 tinues night and day, and is particularly perceptible when his lips 

 are apart and he inhales the air through his mouth. The only inter- 

 mission to this pleasurable sensation is while he is partaking of his 

 food. 



Judge Kane introduced Mr. Weld, Assistant Secretary of 

 the Royal Society of London. 



Mr. Justice offered his resignation as a member of the Com- 

 mittee on the Hall, which was, on motion, accepted. 



Stated Meeting, October 20. 



Present, seventeen members. 



Judge Kane, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read: — 



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