A400 Miscellanies. 
and sizes have been found in it, and the spoils of the cave, we are 
told, would be a very valuable addition to the collection of the cu- 
rious antiquarian.’ 
** As bones, I believe, have rarely been found in caves in this coun- 
try, though common in Europe, and deemed of great importance in 
settling the geological character of a country, I thought I would 
bring the above to your notice, if it has not already been done, as 
you have probably some correspondent in that vicinity, who would at 
your request, examine the premises, secure the bones, or make such 
a report as would be interesting to the readers of your Journal, and 
important to the cause of science.” 
Mr. Gaylord remarks that the average temperature of June and 
July has been about 7° lower than that of the corresponding months 
of last year. 
We request information ieee this cavern and its osseous con- 
tents.—Ebs. 
29. Case of Transpiration of half the body.* 
Fort Hamilton, New York, Nov. 25, 1837. 
Prof. Sittiwan— Dear Sir—In 1834 I called the attention of the sci- 
entific community to an anomalous case of cutaneous transpiration which 
presented itself in the person of a friend of mine, a merchant of Balti- 
more. The particulars of the case were published in the “ Medical Li- 
er a journal ‘conducted by Prof. Pattison, and copied from thence 
to the “Transylvania Journal of Medical Sciences;’” but the expla- 
anh of the phenomenon attempted by the editor was to me unsatisfac- 
tory. Will you oblige me by giving the ‘ case’ a place in your Journal, 
with such comments as its perusal may sugge 
The merchant referred to, from his oarlied youth enjoyed a marked 
immunity from disease ; and assured me that from infancy to the moment 
at which he spoke, his ‘‘ sweating” was confined to one side of his body. 
‘The right side of his scalp, the right side of his face, right side of his 
thoracic, hypochondriac, iliac, lumbar, and pelvic regions, right thigh, 
leg, and foot, were frequently saturated with the matter of perspiration, 
whilst their corresponding opposites maintained an unvarying aridity. My 
intimacy with him afforded me repeated opportunities of observing the 
: non. It was often a subject of merriment with him, and never 
one of the least concern. Could paralysis of the exhalents of the oppo- 
site side have existed without other morbid Se ? I think not. 
: a a your obedient servan 
crus O’Brien, Lieut. 4 Reg. U. 8S. Infantry. 
el aent would have appeared before but for the expectation of hearing 
again from the writer of the letter, in answer to certain inquiries addressed to him 
in a letter sions llicou cian: Being unable > to eg any satisfactory expla- 
nation, we fer th di 
