rds, which he had ever since done. He
had not expressed any wish relative to his watch, which had accordingly
been pawned by the same individual.

'THE PRESIDENT wished to know whether any Member of the section had ever
seen or conversed with the pig-faced lady, who was reported to have worn
a black velvet mask, and to have taken her meals from a golden trough.

'After some hesitation a Member replied that the pig-faced lady was his
mother-in-law, and that he trusted the President would not violate the
sanctity of private life.

'THE PRESIDENT begged pardon. He had considered the pig-faced lady a
public character. Would the honourable member object to state, with a
view to the advancement of science, whether she was in any way connected
with the learned pig?

'The Member replied in the same low tone, that, as the question appeared
to involve a suspicion that the learned pig might be his half-brother, he
must decline answering it.

'SECTION B.--ANATOMY AND MEDICINE.
COACH-HOUSE, PIG AND TINDER-BOX.

_President_--Dr. Toorell. _Vice-Presidents_--Professors Muff and Nogo.

DR. KUTANKUMAGEN (of Moscow) read to the section a report of a case which
had occurred within his own practice, strikingly illustrative of the
power of medicine, as exemplified in his successful treatment of a
virulent disorder. He had been called in to visit the patient on the 1st
of April, 1837. He was then labouring under symptoms peculiarly alarming
to any medical man. His frame was stout and muscular, his step firm and
elastic, his cheeks plump and red, his voice loud, his appetite good, his
pulse full and round. He was in the constant habit of eating three meals
_per diem_, and of drinking at least one bottle of wine, and one glass of
spirituous liquors diluted with water, in the course of the
four-and-twenty hours. He laughed constantly, and in so hearty a manner
that it was terrible to hear him. By dint of powerful medicine, low
diet, and bleeding, the symptoms in the course of three days perceptibly
decreased. A rigid perseverance in the same course of treatment for only
one week, accompanied with small doses of water-gruel, weak broth, and
barley-water, led to their entire disappearance. In the course of a
month he was sufficiently recovered to be carried down-stairs by two
nurses, and to enjoy an airing in a close carriage, supported by soft
pillows. At the present moment he was restored so far as to walk about,
with th