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instance of the same disease in his partner as a lecturer 

 (Mr Cruikshanks), who had for some years led the most 

 wretched life ; the insanity in his case taking the turn 

 of constant suspicion and fear, as believing that all he 

 said was heard through the walls of his room. When 

 the small space of the ossification was considered (the 

 size of a sixpence), I asked if it might not have been 

 removed by the trepan. Dr Baillie's answer was, we 

 had no means of knowing exactly where it was situ- 

 ated. I mentioned the fact of Whi thread always re- 

 ferring to one particular spot as the seat of the pain of 

 which he had for some months complained ; but Dr 

 Baillie said that, besides the above objection, trepan- 

 ning would have been no cure. He mentioned a case 

 of a patient of his who had an ossification of one leg, 

 and as it was creeping upwards, so as inevitably to 

 affect a vital part, amputation was deemed necessary, 

 and was performed with perfect success, so that he 

 was well in all respects for some little time ; but then 

 he began to cough, and this could not be stopped, or 

 even allayed, and in a few months he died of pulmon- 

 ary complaint, when it was found that the lungs were 

 entirely ossified. " So you see, sir/' Dr Baillie added, 

 " though there is but one way into the world, there are 

 many ways out of it." 



FEOM LORD GREY. 



" PORTMAN SQUARE, July 9, 1815. 



" MY DEAR BROUGHAM, The enclosed letter is in 

 answer to one which I wrote to Lord Darlington this 

 morning, in consequence of having heard that there is 

 a vacancy for Winchelsea. I did not like to say any- 

 thing to you till I knew what prospect there was of 



