14 LANARCEK, (ALS LET VAN D WiOhRIS 
mation of the lymphatic glands of the neck, which, 
not receiving the necessary attention on the spot, 
obliged him to go to Paris for better treatment. / 
“The united efforts [says Cuvier] of several sur- 
ceons met with no better success, and danger had be- 
come very imminent, when our cozfrere, the late M. 
Tenon, with his usual sagacity, recognized the trouble, 
and put an end to it by a complicated operation, of 
which M. de Lamarck preserved deep scars. This treat- 
ment lasted for a year, and, during this time, the 
extreme scantiness of his resources confined him to a 
solitary life, when he had the leisure to devote himself 
to meditations.” 
