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 into a letter "M" with the vertex of the dropped tube resting upon the bladder and the pelvic bones; the transverse, ascending, and descending parts adhered at their angles for several inches. The bladder was normal. The pancreas was a soft disintegrated mass. The spleen was extremely large and cirrhosed. The mesentery exhibited old lesions, while no trace of the omentum remained. The brain was structurally perfect.

The above instance of a body exceedingly deformed internally was preserved with its handicaps for thirty years. The cause of the organic defects is to be attributed to digestive functions paralyzed in early life by disease and by the administration of drugs as a remedy. In this case progressive inability to function brought about morbid mental disturbance. It may be asked why this effect was not produced in each of the instances cited under another heading, and reply is made that these also showed the influences of physical condition upon mindfunction, but in lesser degree. And the general conclusion is stated that all disease, functional as well as organic, acts detrimentally upon brain capability.

The work that the brain can perform is