New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-18
A Remarkable Cave.

Our community that is, those of us who
have been made acquainted with the facts-are
IN quite state of excitement, from the result
Of a post norton examination which took place
here about two weeks since. The subject Of
the examination--a married lady some thirty
Ave years OF age, resident of one of the cities
Of NORTHUMBERLAND sent hither, in care of
her family physician, to be buried among her
friends. This physician, who was a chum of
mine, called upon me soon after his arrival in
town. He named to me the circumstance Of his
having corpse in chargs-that OF patient Of his
own, whose disease he had been unable not only
to check but to disgnosticate correcty-and invited
me to see It. did so, and was as greatly puzzled
how, from appearances, 10 account for death In the
case, ~ my friend had represented himself to be
There was no emaciasion perceivabe upon any part
Of the body. The limbs were without rigldlty
the rudy hue of health was upon her cheeks a
smile seemed lurking about her tips, and dimpling
her chin. In raising her eye-lids which were fiexl-
BILE % In life, discovered some what ngular as.
pect absut the eyes-tne irises instead OF being Of
some one OF the ordinary colors-bue, black, grey,
hazel-Wsre Of an almost perfect yetio~. l inquired
Of my friend with regard to the curious phenomenon
and was informed that this change THE eyes were
originally blue) had been first noticed about three
months before the death OF the patient short time
previously TO this however she had been subject to
"yellow Dreams" as she called them-areams in
which the flowers, or fruits, or landscapes or what
ally clothed IN yellow. was informed, also, tina.
the tears from the eyes and the fluid from the nose OF
the patient had often the yellow tinge. These,
with an habisul lead:color about the stools an
occasional encrimsoned deposit In the urine, and
constantly recurring rather peasuraole thrill, as 1t
were Of electricity, throughout the region OF the
liver, were the only particularly marked symptoms
70 Do observed In tue patient up TO the time Of her
death.
1t was in the midst Of one OF those thrills-one
more intense and more pleasurable seemingly than
any which had supervened hitherto, that life had
taken Its departure. The patient had taken, inter-
nally. no other medicine than occasional dose OF
OIL for the period OF ak months before her death.
Her eyes had been treated with weak solution Of
aeetate Of lead and suphate Of lime. She had prac-
0ced bathing In cold water.
Of course 1 proposed an examination Of the
corpse and the consent NJ the friends being OBJ
tanned, and the aid Of Drs s., W., B, and
N being secured, we set to work At once.
- We directed our attention first to the eyes, so,
thing about the eyes themselves other than the Pc
eanAl colorins OF the irises, already named, nor
about siahsr the Optic third fourth, sxth pair Of
subjected 10 the careful scrutiny under DO v.
erfal microscope. The ophthalmic branches OF the
AMI pair, we satis6ed ourselves, changed very
lave Sea :sa rs sS.
substance OF minute portions OF the cortcAl matter
OF the brain, giving deeper tnge OF gray than Is
natural Neither IN the brain nor In the spinal cord
0on But the semilunar sanslia, with the ganglia
evtDG origin TO the par vssum and to the trifacsl
nerves, exhibited decided marks OF change, more
cepecieAy sAo nsst named. This change consisted
N deepening Of the gray Of the cineTitious snb-
stances into hlue-rasher into blue black The heart
and lanss cad the upper and lower portions Of the
slmeAsaly canal, appeared IN their ordinary state
oss upoA the more central parts Of the latter there
were minute cicstriccs, simllar to those present
a.s' .s sesSosesy iiom typhoid fever. The spleen
wes snehkiy sneorSed with blood The kidneys
were soAe vhai ha6bier and psler than they shoaid
D. ahe uvef was very nearly Of the ordinary
sss' peInaps htse less, and offered to the
under q oisease known by the mama ~ cSrrsas,s
Throughout its substance were scattered smsii
masses OF bro wnisa. yellow tint varying In axe
froa beet seed to Kernel Of corn The most Of
these. Ne convinced ourselves were nothins move
than lobules-rather parts Of iosulcs Collected 10
eether % as TO form kind Of nuclei--cou,ainins
ssassast bile. few OF them however, those al tss
larger stzs and which situated more resrly to-
the mouth Of the eherent Duct, were Of quite diff
ierent character. They resembled moi so much de.
posiss 81 hillary matter as OF salt having some one
OF the metals for basis The gall.oladder was
about halt fll OF bile OF the natural consistency but
colcsed more like the Juice Of violets than like
ordinary bs. TIE body Of the bladder itself wss Of
.ns usual form and appearance but the week was, a.
we're. Aern growing ont OF the liver at one cad,
nxstne me ealrssck hanging a. a shot. pouch from
the olher END. We pressed IL with as a eat force
- re could between the thanb and finger is was as
unyisicipg as neck Of stone We dissscsed II
away nom us attachments. fully expecting 70 dis
cover ore Of those sxraordirary oss;scssons which
Are sometimes met with ~ results of the animal
ss-econ0my. On the contrary. we found sube-a
SORT Of sphoa-the pyncips portion OF the substance
pf which Was unmistskabiy metallic. The end
n tending into the sack which was the longer small
er and more completely tubular OF the two ends,
was ~ apure golden color that coming from the liv-
", wh, ch resemble en- iregulayy shaped, porous.
slsx mo- - than real tube, had GLOW cast but this
vas nos - tirely unnixed. The wnols mass, AFTER
icing espasaed ~ carefully possible by washing
1nss~ -
eleven grains
OF scuise We wsrs not so presunpsoys ssso 10