14 LAMARCK, HIS LIFE AND WORK 



mation of the lymphatic glands of the neck, which, 

 not receiving the necessary attention on the spot, 

 obliged him to go to Paris for better treatment. 



" The united efforts [says Cuvier] of several sur- 

 geons met with no better success, and danger had be- 

 come very imminent, when our confrere, the late M. 

 Tenon, with his usual sagacity, recognized the trouble, 

 and put an end to it by a complicated operation, of 

 which M. de Lamarck preserved deep scars. This treat- 

 ment lasted for a year, and, during this time, the 

 extreme scantiness of his resources confined him to a 

 solitary life, when he had the leisure to devote himself 

 to meditations." 



