the Doétrine of Materialifn. 35° 
™ ecrafée.”"* © But whatever you fay think of 
this ftory, you will find the next, from La Peyronir, 
fufficiently particular. 
Aman, thirty vears of age, who had been 
troubled with hypochondriacal fymptoms for ten 
years, complained at times, during the laft three 
months of his life, of heavinefs and pain in his head, 
efpecially towards the occiput. Two days before 
his death, he was convulfed; but recovering, felt 
himfelf eafier than he had been for a long time; 
the convulfion returned, and killed him ina quarter 
of an hour. His faculties were never affeted. On 
diffection, the Ventricles were found dilated with 
water; ‘‘ le plexus choroide du quatrieme ventricule 
‘‘ n’etoit qu'un amas de glandes fort gonfleds et 
** dures; il y en avoit quelques unes au _ milieu 
“* defquelles on trouvoit un petit noyau de fup- 
puration; elles etoient colleés enfemble per leurs 
vaiffeaux & par leurs Membranes; la reunion de 
ces glandes formoit une tumeur dure environ de la 
** groffeur dun euf de poule, qui occupoit Ia place du 
“‘ cervelet, lequel m’etoit plus qu'une Membrane 
glaireufe de lepaiffeur d'une ligne, et qui enve- 
** loppoit la tumeur; les peduncules  etoient 
‘ extremement applatis, et n’avoient prefque point 
** de confiftance. 
“Le corps etranger, foit par fa figure, foit par 
fa fituation, avoit preflé, et beaucoup diminué 
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* Memoir, del’ Academ, Roy. I’an 1703 
