Brooklyn medical journal. . much firmer than normal. These are the findings in death during the algid stage. The reactionary stage presents lesions of inflammatory andhemorrhagic nature. Hemorrhages, usually petechial, maybeexceedingly numerous, or profuse hemorrhage may and peritonitis may supervene. The exact reason for development of the hemorrhagic andinflammatory tendencies is not stated; probably the toxic actionof the poison on the vessels predisposes to their rupture, espe-cially the smaller ones. Analysis of stools reveals large quanti-ties of blood serum, myriads of
Brooklyn medical journal. . much firmer than normal. These are the findings in death during the algid stage. The reactionary stage presents lesions of inflammatory andhemorrhagic nature. Hemorrhages, usually petechial, maybeexceedingly numerous, or profuse hemorrhage may and peritonitis may supervene. The exact reason for development of the hemorrhagic andinflammatory tendencies is not stated; probably the toxic actionof the poison on the vessels predisposes to their rupture, espe-cially the smaller ones. Analysis of stools reveals large quanti-ties of blood serum, myriads of epithelial cells and leucocytes, andabundant supply of the specific organism. These ingredientsexplain the color and other gross appearances of the dejecta. To sum up, rapid emaciation from rapid loss of water,cramps, probably also for the same reason. Hyperemesis and catharsis due to local irritation. Cyanosisdue to nervous and cardiac depression. Hemorrhage and in-flammation in reactionary stage not definitely FRANCIS GLISSON, This bilious countenance is that of the celebrated author of Anatomia Hepatis, a work spoken of by Hal-ler, as Egregius liber, ut solent hujus viri esse. Dr. Glisson, was born in Dorsetshire. England, in 1597: educated at Cambridge and Oxford, taking his medicaldegree from the former university, in 1634. In 1636, he was appointed Regius professor of physic at Cambridge,which chair he continued to fill until his death: a period of forty-one years. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, in 1635, and in 1639 was chosen lecturer on anatomy bythe Colleges, and acquired much reputation by his lectures. He resided in Cambridge and afterwards in Colchester,and in both places practiced his profession with great reputation; but about 1650, he removed to London, and thence-forward took an active part in the affairs of the Royal College of Physicians, and successfully enjoyed most of thehonors which the College could bestow : being
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