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pneumonia. Clinical examination of the differenl organs of sense in 

 this woman gave the following results: 



Smell and taste are normal. 



Sight lias diminished on account of a beginning senile cataract, 

 and has on both sides been reduced in ' ; ,,. The fundus oculi is 

 plainly visible and dt.es not show any alterations. There is no 

 restriction of die visual area worth mentioning. 



Hearing is very had during the first time after her admittance. She 

 is almost completely deal'. The whispering voice is not heard on either 

 sides. After three weeks this disturbance is restored so far, that on 

 the left the whispering voice is distinguished to a distance of 3 M. 

 This degree of dullness of hearing continued till her death. 



On both sidc> the tympanic membrane has suffered slight sclero- 

 tical degenerations. 



The sensibility of' the body i- in all respects normal to the left, 

 on ///<• contrary to the i'/<//it it has considerably decreased, in the 

 following manner: 



the tactile sensibility is entirely lost in the right hand and foot, in 

 the lower part of arm and leg it has suffered great disturbance, 

 somewhat less in shoulder and hip. and still less in the right half 

 of the trunk, whilst in the right half of the face hardly any distur- 

 bance is to he observed. 77/'' difference between the head and the 

 point of a pin is badly distinguished on the right side, except in the 

 face. The latter disturbance, like that of the lac-tile sensibility, has 

 its boundaries towards the left in the mid-dorsal and mid-ventral 

 lines of the trunk and is most marked in hand and foot. 



The pain-sensibility of the skin ha- likewise diminished to the 

 right. Piercing of the skin is not at all perceived in the extremities, 

 only feebly in the trunk, but almost normally in the face. 



On the contrary pinching or squeezing of the deeper situated 

 portions produces a much sharper perception of pain to the right 

 than to the left. Vehement repelling movements are occasioned by it. 



The perceptions of intense cold and intense heat have suffered 

 great decrease in the right extremities, to a less degree in the right 

 halt' of the trunk, whilst the disturbance is feeblest in the face. 



Passive movements communicated to the lingers, the hand, the toes 

 or the foot of the right side, are not perceived at all, however swift 

 and extensive these movements may be. Movements performed with the 

 articulations of the right elbow or knee are perceived badly, for 

 movements with the articulations of the right hip and shoulder the 

 perception is nearly normal. The patient has lost all notion as to 

 th<' manner in which her right hand and foot are i>l<i<;;l in space, 



