MEMORANDA. [ 597 respirations had ceased, and the pupils were widely dilated. Other medical aid was summoned and artificial respiration continued for three-quarters of an hour without avail. A post-mortem examination was conducted by Dr. Pilkinigton the following day, and, except for a mass of caseous tuberculous glands in the mesentery, all the organs were bealthy. There was no evidence in the pharynix, glottis, or larynx thiat the boy had recently suffered from diphtlheria. The left ventricle

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... of the heart was contracted and empty; the right ventricle was flaccid and contained dark fluid blood. The boy's parents are healthy, and from his previous history it appears that, except for susceptibility to bronchial colds during the winter, he enjoyed good health.