Life-Assurance and Residence in Hot Climates

Abstract

History.-His previous health seems to have been fairly good. He had an attack of acute articular rheumatism three or four years ago. He never worked in lead. He denied syphilis. He had never had sorethroat. About a year ago, he had an eruption on the chest, for which he was ordered baths, but no medicine ; and it disappeared after a fortnight's treatment. He was in good healtlh until six weeks or two months before admission, when he began to suffer from very severe frontal headache, which was worse at night, and was sufficiently severe to keep him awake. At the begirnniing of 'May, he had an attack one evening, with loss of colnsciousness. Oni coming to himself next morning, he found that he was paralysed oni the left side. He could not stand for four days, and it was still longer before he could hold anything in his hand. There was some difficulty in speaking; he did not forget his words, but could not pronounce them properly. He had gradually grown stronger; and, on admission, could walk about the ward, dragging the left leg a little. The grasp of the left hand was considerably lss than that of the right, and he had difficulty in raising Lhe arm over his head.When he was looking at an object in front of himii, ther-e was from time to time a little irregular movement in the eyes-a slight involuntary roll. If, however, either eye were shut, the other eye became the subject of very marked niystagmus-mainly horizontal, and coarse in quality. If he were looking with both eyes in such a way as to put the muscles on the strain, the nystagmus again came on, but to a less extent. The pupils were equal, and acted well to light. There was distinctly deficientaction on theleft side of the face; the left cornerof the mouthwas lessretractedthan