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the human subject, an inquiry was made, and it was ascertained 
that the patient had himself been employed for some time past 
in feeding and administering balls to two glandered horses, and 
that his wife had observed to him, on the first days of his illness, 
“ that the wound in his thumb was inflamed and festered.’ 7 
There could be no doubt of the nature of the malady. The 
ordinary treatment for typhus, with the vigorous administration 
of calomel, which had been commenced as soon as symptoms 
of subacute inflammation of the cerebral tunics presented them- 
selves, was persevered in. Coma supervened in the course of 
this day, and death took place early on the morning of the 23d. 
Inspection of the body was permitted on the same day. The 
wounded thumb was swollen and inflamed, as was one of the 
fingers of the other hand, in which deep-seated fluctuation was 
evident; but neither inflamed absorbents, nor enlargement of 
axillary glands could be traced. The vesicular eruption was 
general over the body, and very many of the subcuticular tumours 
were discoverable on pressing and pinching up the skin ; these, 
when punctured, were found to contain a sebaceous or curdy 
purulent matter. On close examination, the vesicles were seen 
to be surrounded by a perfectly white areola, much paler than 
the surrounding cutis. On opening the chest, the pleura pul- 
monalis and pericardium displayed very many spots of bright-red 
ecchymosis. On the surface of the lungs were many small 
tumours of a similar character to the subcutaneous ones above 
described, and the blood flowing from the large veins was observed 
to be more fluid than usual. For very sufficient reasons the post- 
mortem examination extended no further. 
F. Sk rim shi he. 
THE DEVON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
It is pleasant in the wane of life to tread, in fancy at least, 
the ground that we paced in our early years — the scene of some 
of our happiest moments, and if, although we are passing away, 
we have the full assurance of the gradual improvement which is 
there taking place, we may be forgiven if we linger a little in 
the contemplation of it. 
The fourteenth meeting of the Devonshire Agricultural Society 
took place in the Castle Yard, Exeter, on the 1st of last month, 
and although illness, and avocations from which he could not 
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