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and research; there remained but to write j and 

 now the hands fail, and carry with them the 

 head." M. Pasquier, ahnost too much distressed 

 to speak, attempted to express the interest uni- 

 versally felt for him; to which M. Cuvier replied, 

 " I like to think so ; I have long laboured to 

 render myself worthy of it." In the evening, 

 fever showed itself and continued all night, 

 which produced great restlessness and desire for 

 change of posture ; the bronchiae then became 

 affected, and it was feared that the lungs would 

 soon follow. On Sunday morning the fever dis- 

 appeared for a short time; consequently he slept; 

 but said, on waking, that his dreams had been 

 incoherent and agitated, and that he felt his 

 head would soon be disordered. At two o'clock 

 in the day, the accelerated respiration proved 

 that only a part of the lungs was in action ; and 

 the physicians, willing to try every thing, pro- 

 posed to cauterise the vertebrae of the neck : the 

 question, Had he right to die ? rendered him 

 obedient to their wishes; but he was spared this 

 bodily torture, and leeches and cupping were all 

 to which they had recourse. During the appli- 

 cation of the former, M. Cuvier observed, with 

 the greatest simplicity, that it was he who had 



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