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5. "Notes on some Ancient Greek Medical Vases for containing Lykion; and on the modern use of the same in India." Edinburgh, 1856.

6. "Notice of the appearance of Syphilis in Scotland in the last years of the fifteenth century." 1860.

7. "Note on a Pictish Inscription in the Churchyard of St. Vigeans."

Royal Society, April 6, 1863.

8. "Notes on some Scottish Magical Charm-Stones or Curing Stones."

 

_Proceedings of Antiquarian Society of Scotland_, vol iv., 1868.

9. "An Account of two Barrows at Spottiswoode, Berwicks.h.i.+re, opened by the Lady John Scott." _Proceedings of Antiquarian Society of Scotland_, vol iv., 1868.

10. "Did John de Vigo describe Acupressure in the Sixteenth Century?"

_British Medical Journal_, Aug. 24, 1867; _Medical Times and Gazette_, 1867, vol. ii., p. 187.

11. "Account of some Ancient Sculptures on the Walls of Caves in Fife." 1867.

12. "Notices of some Ancient Sculptures on the Walls of Caves."

_Proceedings of the Royal Society_; Edinburgh, 1867.

13. "Cup-cuttings and Ring-cuttings on the Calder Stones, near Liverpool." 1866. _Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancas.h.i.+re and Ches.h.i.+re._

14. "Archaeology--its past and its future work." Annual Address to the Society of Antiquarians of Scotland, January 28, 1861.

15. "The Cat Stane, Edinburghs.h.i.+re." _Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, Scotland_, 1861.

16. "Archaic Sculpturings of Cups, Circles, &c., upon Stones and Rocks in Scotland, England, and other countries." 1867.

17. "Is the Pyramid at Gizeh a Meteorological Monument?" _Proceedings of the Royal Society_; Edinburgh, 1868.

18. "Pyramidal Structures in Egypt and elsewhere." _Proceedings of the Royal Society_; Edinburgh, 1868.

19. "Cell at Inchcolm."

The above list is founded on that given by Professor Gusscrow in his "Zur Erinnerung an Sir James Y. Simpson." Berlin, 1871.

II.

On _post mortem_ examination the following observations on Sir James Simpson's head were made:--

Skull--circ.u.mference round by occipital protuberance and below frontal eminences, 22-1/2 inches.

--from ear to ear, 13 inches.

--from occipital protuberance to point between superciliary ridges, 13 inches.

Brain--weight of entire brain (cerebrum and cerebellum) was 54 ounces; the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata weighed 5-1/4 ounces.

The convolutions of the cerebrum were remarkable for their number, depth, and intricate foldings. This was noticed more particularly in the anterior lobes and the islands of Reil.

Extract from _British Medical Journal_, May 14, 1870.