Different Animals, €$¢« 499 
mained sound and full. of water after death. 
2. That the living principle, the nérves of the trunk 
and extremities, sensation and moiton may. exist 
independent of the brain and that the natural, vital 
and animal functions may be performed without the 
brain. And, as the external organs of sense, 
viz. the eyes, the nose, the tongue and the ears, 
all seemed perfect, may we not therefore sup- 
pose, that the optic, the olfactory, the gustatory 
and the auditory nerves may exist independent of 
and unconnected with either the brain, or the 
spinal marrow?’ P. 8—11. . 
_ Dr. Heysham has favoured me with an account 
of the following additional circumstances, relative 
to this accephalous infant—The eyes were as 
full and as lively as in any other child of the 
same age. The iris evidently contracted on the 
application of light and from other observations, 
which he then made, he had no doubt, that her 
vision was perfect. The child voided both feces 
and urine in a regular and natural manner and, 
for the first three or four days after her birth, 
seemed in perfect health. No stimulants were 
applied to her nostrils and he does not know 
whether she sneezed naturally or not. As the 
absolute want of brain was not known, till after 
the child’s death, he was less attentive to minute 
circumstances, than he would otherwise have 
been. 
