xtremities,
and who treated him with the usual nerve-tonic and with electricity.
Notwithstanding all this, the boy went steadily down, and the paralysis
continued until he was seen by Dr. Wirthington. The child was then
unable to walk; on examination, the prepuce was found to be adherent
almost all the way around the glans penis. Behind the corona was a solid
cake of sebaceous matter. The case was promptly operated upon, and,
although the previous attendant had not found any cause to account for
the paralysis, a rapid recovery took place, the boy being able to walk
even before the complete cicatrization of the wound, and was soon the
picture of health."

Dr. T. F. Leech, of Attica, Fountain County, Ind., reports a case of a
fourteen-month-old child, who had been the terror of all that part of
the town for over six months, as he cried constantly. Except when asleep
or nursed by his mother, he would lie perfectly still and squall, not
showing any disposition to sit up; nor did he like to be raised up. He
was very nervous, and would have times when his limbs would be rigid.
This state of things grew worse, until the child was accidentally seen
by Dr. Leech, who, on examination, found a contracted and adherent
prepuce, the child being at the time in a high fever and suffering great
nervous excitement. An operation by slitting and breaking up the
adhesion afforded immediate relief; the spinal irritation, partial
paralysis of the lower extremities, spasms during urination, and all
trouble disappeared as if by magic.

Prof. J. H. Pooley, of Columbus, Ohio, reported the case of a fine,
healthy boy who, up to three months before being seen professionally,
had always been well and in perfect health. His condition was found by
Professor Pooley to be one of localized chorea, manifesting itself in
constant convulsive movements of the head. They were nodding or
antero-posterior movements, alternating with lateral or shaking and
twisting motions; these movements had become almost constant during the
waking hours of the child. There was no distortion of the features nor
any choreic movements of the extremities; indeed, the whole affection
consisted in the nodding and shaking movements of the head referred to.
These were almost incessant, sometimes slow and almost rhythmical, then
for a minute or two rapid and irregular, seeming to fatigue the little
fellow, and accompanied by a fretful, whimpering cry. The child had been
subjected to