But it was in the chest that the most remarkable circumstance presented itself. The œsophagus gradually enlarged from the pharynx, which was perhaps rather narrower than usual, to an extraordinary degree of dilatation; the greatest breadth which it attained was situated about four inches above the cardia: the tube then contracted more abruptly, so as to render the termination of the œsophagus, like its commencement, of nearly the usual dimensions. The structure likewise of the cardiac extremity for about an inch, and of the pharyngeal end for about half an inch, was healthy. The intermediate part presented, when inverted, the following curious appearance:--The inner membrane was thickened and opaque, and had _the appearance_ of having partially yielded from dilatation; at the upper part the furrows or thinner parts of the membrane followed in some degree a longitudinal direction; at the lower part the surface was pitted with shallow depressions of various figures. I have represented in the adjoined sketches these appearances, which on the middle of the œsophagus passed from one into the other; at the furrows or depressions the membrane seemed of the natural thickness and colour; the intermediate raised and thickened part was opaque and whitish. The muscular fibres of the œsophagus were of the natural colour and thickness. I remain, Mr. Editor, Your obedient servant, HERBERT MAYO. 19, George-street, Hanover-square, Dec. 6, 1828. HYDROPHOBIA. _To the Editor of the London Medical Gazette._ SIR, As the following case may throw some additional light on the pathology of hydrophobia, I have sent it you for publication. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, F. GODRICH. Grove House, Little Chelsea, Nov. 29, 1828.