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metric effects, I have not been able to form any definite idea, though I 
have lived for ten months of the past year in southern Mississippi, where 
ny office was just seven feet above the level of the Gulf of Mexico. I be- 
lieve, however, that if the humidity ef the atmosphere and the generai 
condition of my system were exactly the same in both localities, I would 
find a difference between the sea level and a point three or four thousand 
feet above it. I have not had an opportunity to make observations in 
higher altitudes, but know that I am capable of more physical exertion 
in the mountains of western North Carolina than in the low country. i 
was on Lookout Mountain a few weeks ago, making the trip up the incline 
railway, but was not able to notice any change in feeling due to the rapid 
rise, of something like one thousand feet, from the city of Chattanooga to 
the top of the mountain. Just prior to a sudden change from dry to wet 
weather, I am apt to suffer from pains in the right leg, which I suppose 
are akin to rheumatism. As soon as precipitation begins the pains cease. 
This pain is most marked in the right hip joint.” 
In regard to stature, as has already been stated, he stands one inch 
higher on the left foot than on the right. The right leg also measures one 
inch less in circumference than the left, both in the thigh and the calf 
region. The muscles of the right leg, especially in the region of the calf, 
are less firm than those of the left. These conditions did not prevail be- 
fore the accident. ‘There is also a difference in the development of the 
two sides of the chest, which condition existed to a certain extent before 
the accident. 
Concerning the resulting disturbances, Mr. Laxton says: 
“There is a certain deficiency of sensation in the right leg and ab- 
normal reflex action occurs. There is also an apparent deficiency of syno- 
vial fluid. There is almost an entire lack of control of the toes of the 
right foot, particularly the big toe (see Figs. 4 and 5). There is conse- 
quently a lack of balance in walking somewhat related to that observed in 
people who have lost one leg and use an artificial one. There are times 
when I feel for a few minutes as if the paralysis were entirely gone, but 
I have to be extremely careful not to feel too sure of myself and to follow 
the plan of not attempting a full length step with the right foot. The 
sensory paralysis extends very slightly to the bottom of the left foot.” 
(Fig. 4.) : 
“T am just now experiencing considerable local irritation, the scalp 
even becoming, at times, sore on the outside. There are times when the 
