Hemiplegia

The following case came under my observation during the winter of 1867:? Miss 0., a healthy, robust looking girl, of florid complexion, "with dark brown hair, aged 14, bora and brought up in the hills, was attacked with hemiplegia of the right side of the hody on the 5th February, after exposure to a heavy rain storm, while out for an airing the evening before. I first saw my patient on the morning of the 8th, and learnt tlie following history of her case from her mother, who informed me that her daughter was caught in a heavy shower ?.t rain on the evening previous to the attack, which wet her through; that the girl remained for some time in her wet undergarments without changing; she slept uneasily that night, and the morning, when she rose from her. bed, her mother observed that the right side of her body was powerless. On examining the girl, I observed the following symptoms:?The arm and leg of the affected side lie as if lifeless, all power of motion in them being destroyed; the arm hangs by her side,, and is drawn a little backwards; she can walk, but only with