CASE XCV. ANN SMITH, æt. 23, married. Admitted on the 15th day of fever; pain of head gone; some vertigo remains; no uneasiness of chest; some cough which excites pain in the abdomen; the latter not very tender even on full pressure; tongue loaded in middle with white fur, red at edges; no stool for the last twenty-four hours; pulse 120, weak. 17th. Eruption has appeared over almost the entire skin, consisting of minute papillæ of a dusky red colour; two stools; pulse 120. 20th. Erysipelas extending over both shoulders; severe pains in the limbs. 25th. Cough troublesome with copious viscid expectoration; erysipelas extending from the shoulders to the chest; tongue dry: delirium; pulse 110, weak. 26th. Cough diminished; respiration hurried; stools in bed; pulse 120, feeble. 27th. Delirium continues; respiration more hurried; pulse extremely feeble. 28th. Erysipelas still extending; powers sinking; respiration laborious; stools and urine in bed. Died in evening. _Head._ Arachnoid vascular; substance of brain vascular; sheath covering the lumbar portion of the spinal cord highly vascular; cord itself natural; effusion into the lateral ventricles; plexus choroides and velum interpositum highly vascular; pituitary gland gritty. _Thorax._ Mucous membrane of bronchi inflamed; substance of left lung intensely inflamed, being nearly as red as muscle and its lobes adherent; [corresponding side of pericardium highly vascular; right lung slightly inflamed; right pleuræ not adherent; left adherent throughout.] _Abdomen._ Patches of vascularity in mucous membrane of intestines and over their peritoneal coat; pyloric end of stomach vascular; spleen soft; other viscera healthy. CASE XCVI. JOSEPH BAIRD, æt. 12. Admitted on the 22d day of fever; slight pain of head; severe pain across the loins; no uneasiness in chest; no cough; respirations 44; abdomen tender; tongue red, parched; bowels purged; pulse 134. 33d. Abdomen tender, tumid, tense; four stools; tongue loaded with white fur; mind distinct; scarcely any sleep; extremely fretful. 34th. No delirium; stools in bed; pulse 114. Died next day.