58 ACCOUNT OF A Boy 



NO. ir. 



A Sei'ies of Questions respecting James Mitchell, proposed by 

 Mr Glennie, and answered by Miss Jane Mitchell *. 



Q. 1. Did Mr Wardrop operate on the eyes only? or on the 

 ears also ? 



A. Mr Wardrop operated only on the right eye. 



Q. 2. Were the drums of the ears pierced during the first or 

 the second visit to London ? 



A. The drums of the ears were pierced during the first visit; 

 the one by Mr Astley Cooper, the other by the late Mr 

 Saunders of the London Dispensary. 



Q. tJ. Was it the case, that a musical instrument was play- 

 ing in the room when his ears were pierced ? and did he at- 

 tend to it ? 



A. Some days after his ears were pierced, in a friend's 

 house, he applied his ear to a violin, and the sound seemed to 

 afford him pleasure f- 



A. 



* Although some of the information contained in this paper has been already- 

 anticipated in the communications of Dr Gordon and of Mr Wardrop, I have 

 thought it proper to insert it here at full length ; on account not only of the new 

 light which it throws on various very interesting and important points, but of 

 the high authority which it derives from Miss Mitcheli/s name. (D. S.) 



-)- The following particulars are mentioned by Mr Wardrop with re- 

 spect to the state of Mitchell's deafness at the time when he saw him in 

 London. (D. S.) 



" When a ring of keys was given to him, he seized them with great 



avidity, and tried each separately, by suspending it loosely between two of liis 



fingers, 



