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2. He perfectly comprehended written language. He con- 

 tinued to read his newspaper every day, and when passing 

 events were spoken of, proved that he had a clear recollection 

 of all that he read. Having procured a copy of Andral's 

 Pathology in French, he read it with great diligence, having 

 lately intended to embrace the medical profession. 



3. He expressed his ideas in writing with considerable 

 fluency, and when he failed it appeared to arise merely from 

 the want of the association with spoken language, which 

 caused confusion and uncertainty, the words being ortho- 

 graphically correct, but frequently not in their proper places. 

 He translated Latin sentences accurately, and also wrote 

 correct answers to historical questions. 



4. His knowledge of arithmetic was unimpaired, he added 

 and subtracted numbers of different denominations with un- 

 common readiness ; also played well at the game of drafts. 



5. His recollection of musical sounds appeared to be un- 

 impaired, for when the tune of Rule Britannia was played he 

 pointed to the shipping in the river. 



6. His power of repeating words after another person 

 was almost confined to certain monosyllables ; and in repeat- 

 ing the letters of the alphabet he could never pronounce 

 k, q, u, V, w, X, and %, although he often uttered those sounds 

 in attempting to pronounce the other letters. The letter i 

 also he was very seldom able to pronounce. 



7. In order to ascertain and place on record the peculiar 

 imperfection of language which he exhibited, the following 

 sentence from the By-laws of the College of Physicians was 

 selected, viz. " // shall be in the power of the College to exa- 

 mine or not examine any Licentiate previously to his admission 

 to a Fellowship, as they shall think fit." Having set him to 

 read this aloud, he read as follows : " An the be ivhat in the 

 temother of the trothotodoo to mnjorum or that emidrate ein 

 einkrastrai mestreit to ketra totombreidei to rafromtreido as 

 that kekistret." The same passage was presented to him in 



