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other subterraneous employments. The child's lungs 

 were perfectly sound, excepting a small part in contact 

 with the tumor, and to which there was a slight adhe- 



sion. 



To those who may feel disposed to refer this case to 

 a scrophulous origin it would be well to notice, that the 

 child was, from the time of its birth, more than usually 

 healthy, till the expiration of the eighth month, evincing 

 no symptom of either local or general debility, or any 

 morbid action whatever ; but, on the contrary, as far as 

 could be judged from external appearances, there was 

 the happiest organization of parts, and such as would 

 appear very long to have stood the vicissitudes incident 

 to " the feverish dream of human existence." 



