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I then related to him, as plainly and 

 briefly as I could, the nature of the 

 accident, and explained to him my symp- 

 toms and feelings. 



" Let me assist you off with your 

 coat," said he, observing I could not 

 raise my right arm. "Now your waist- 

 coat." Then, inserting his hand under 

 my linen, he passed his fingers down my 

 spine. Without farther consideration, he 

 then said, " Every ligament of your back- 

 bone is ruptured. Have you a wife ? " 



"No," I replied, "unfortunately I am 

 a widower." 



"Well, you must procure thirty yards 

 of calico, and get some female to wind it 

 round your body as she would swathe an 

 infant, and do not remove it for at least six 

 months. Remember also to keep in a re- 

 cumbent posture as much as possible." 



I described to him the height of the 

 gateway that it would only admit the 



