58 ACCOUNT OF A BOY 



NO. II. 



A Series of Questions respecting James Mitchell, proposed by 

 Mr Glennie, and answered by Miss Jane Mitchell *. 



Q. 1. Did Mr Wardrop operate on the eyes only? or on the 

 ears also ? 



A. Mr Wardrop operated only on the right eye. 



Q. 2. Were the drums of the ears pierced during the first or 

 the second visit to London ? 



A. The drums of the ears were pierced during the first visit; 

 the one by Mr Astley Cooper, the other by the late Mr 

 Saunders of the London Dispensary. 



Q. 3. Was it the case, that a musical instrument was play- 

 ing in the room when his ears were pierced ? and did he at- 

 tend to it ? 



A. Some days after his ears were pierced, in a friend's 

 house, he applied his ear to a violin, and the sound seemed to 

 afford him pleasure f. 



A. 



* Although some of the information contained in this paper has been already- 

 anticipated in the communications of Dr Gordon and of Mr Wardrop, I have 

 thought it proper to insert it here at full length ; on account not only of the new 

 light which it throws on various very interesting and important points, but of 

 the high authority which it derives from Miss Mitchell's name. (D. S.) 



f The following particulars are mentioned by Mr Wardrop with re- 

 spect to the state of Mitchell's deafness at the time when he saw him in 

 London. (D. S.) 



« When a ring of keys was given to him, he seized them with great 



avidity, and tried each separately, by suspending it loosely between two of his 



fingers, 



