OR, A TREATISE ON PILE. 119 
No. 22. Amenorrhea, 1 year, (whites..—Female, 17. Color, brown; length, 12 
inches; mesne diameter, ;3;, generally ; near the apex, ;},; furcated; button, normal. 
With 170 grains one inch stretched ,\; of an inch, elasticity entire. 
90 
oe » ee ce 2 ce ‘ ee 
720 I 
ce 870 ee ce oe 47 ac 
= 90 
66 vA ‘ “ce ‘ 9 cc “cc ‘ 
OzO,« ae 
“6 1,170 a3 “cs “ 17 “cs 3 “ 
“ 1,200 “ broke. Fracture, complicated. 
No. 23. Albuminuria, 14 months, (Disease of the Kidneys.) —Female 
light; length, 5 inches; mesne diameter, 54, ; button, decayed. 
With 220 grains one inch stretched 2; of an inch, elasticity entire. 
420“ broke: Fracture. 
No. 24. Typhoid Fever, 5 weeks.—Female——Color, brown; length, 8 inches; mesne 
diameter, ;1;; button, of the normal shape, but with a white substance adhering. 
With 220 grains one inch stretched ,4; of an inch, elasticity entire. 
age 24. Color, 
(74 520 a3 “ce : iz or ce ce 73 
os 570 “6 “ee ce shy oe “cc “ec 
éé 670 éc 6c “c oy &c 6c &<c 
oe 720) oe “ec se (te oe “ ee 
710: * “brokes,  “Eiracture: 
The above specimens of diseased hair were presented by us to the Jefferson Medical 
College of Philadelphia. 
Or tHe Pite or Lunarics.*—After having, for a considerable time, been engaged in 
examining the hairs and wools of the Mammalia, it occurred to us to endeavor to discover 
whether there is any difference between the hairs of dunatics and those of the sane. With 
this object in view, we applied to Dr. Kirkbride of the Pennsylvania Insane Hospital, who 
politely sent us twenty specimens of these tegumentary appendages, cwf from the scalps 
of as many unfortunate beings, both male and female, of various ages, and laboring under 
different kinds of insanity. All these we submitted to the most rigorous examinations 
with the trichometer, and under the microscope, but could elicit nothing material, except 
that we thought the coloring matter was rather more confused than usual. We next 
applied to the same gentleman for some drawn hairs, and he sent us over one hundred, 
extracted from the heads of different persons, all old cases of lunacy, but more than half of 
them were without button, and the whole were unaccompanied by designations of the age, 
sex, the kind of insanity, or term of suffering. 
Not wishing to trespass upon the kindness of the same gentleman a third time, we applied 
to a friend, through whom we obtained from Dr. Evans, of the Frankford Insane Asylum, 
twenty-one specimens, all carefully drawn and marked ; these, with the latter parcel, pre- 
sented by Dr. Kirkbride, enabled us to arrive at rather more satisfactory results. 
An Examination of 2\ Specimens of the Hair of Lunatics, presented by Dr. Evans, made 
in August and September, 1849: 
30 * See Fig. 82 a, 82 b, 82c, 82d. 
