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the diseased member. Perceiving, however, that the poison had 

 penetrated to every portion of the unfortunate man's system, he 

 declined performing the operation, and stated. that no earthly skill 

 could save him. After lingering in great agony, death closed the 

 scene. * 



Death of a Russian Lady from Glanders. — The awful death 

 of Madame Palesikoff, one of the most charming among all that 

 bevy of entertaining Russian ladies who sometimes gladden the 

 winters of Paris, has created a terrible shock among the circles 

 she so lately embellished by her presence. The unhappy lady left 

 Paris but a short time ago on a summer tour to Germany. While 

 stepping from the door of the opera-house in Berlin, to gain her 

 carriage, she let fall one of her bracelets close to the pavement. 

 Stooping to pick it up, she noticed, at the time, laughingly, that 

 " one of the horses belonging to a carriage standing at hand, 

 dropped his head so close to her face that he touched her, and left 

 a moist kiss upon her cheek." In a few days the unfortunate lady 

 was taken ill with that most horrible disease, glanders, and in a few 

 Jays more, breathed her last, in spite of the attendance of the first 

 physicians of Berlin and every resource to be obtained by wealth, 

 or by the ceaseless vigilance of friends.* 



Still another case. — Sidney W. M., aged 23, a horse-slaughterer, 

 residing at Plumstead, England, was admitted into Guy's Hos- 

 pital, on March 13, 1861, under the care of Mr. Birkett. He had 

 always enjoyed good health, but he lived freely. Six days pre- 

 vious to his admission he cut his right hand deeply over the dorsal 

 aspect of the thumb. The wound bled freely, but he felt no in- 

 convenience from it, of any consequence, until the 10th. He then 

 had pain in the part, extending upward to the axilla, and also a 

 numbing pain in the calf of the right leg. His appetite was good, 

 and he had so little constitutional disturbance that he went as 

 usual to superintend the work which the accident had prevented 

 his carrying out. On the 11th the pain in the arm increased, and 

 that in the leg, on the 12th, extended upward to the thigh. This 

 had become considerably aggravated, and he then became gener- 

 ally indisposed, and was unable to stand. The following day he 

 applied for admission. He stated that he was extremely ill, and 

 that his limbs felt almost paralyzed. He was quite unable to 



* Berlin Court Journal. 



