On Maladies Attributed to Lunar Influence —Rheumatism, Paralysis, Ocular, &c.

are at times quickly affected with night blindness, and the face becomes hideously swollen." By the same authority it is also stated, " that fish and meat become more rapidly putrid, if exposed to the rays of the moon." Dr. Peet mentions having noticed similar rapid putrescence of fish. The statement of "an intelligent Commander," of the now defunct Indian Navy, is also quoted to the effect that he had " not unfrequently seen meat destroyed by exposure to the moon, and also observed sailors with their faces much swollen after sleeping on deck in a bright moon-light." The assertions of a Mr. Thompson, formerly of the Bengal Survey Department, are pretty much to the same effect. And still more recently (1868) all the above presumed lunar influences, are recorded again, as actual facts in the Lancet for May. On the other hand, experiments made with meat by Dr. Peet, and Mr. Berncastle, did not show the existence of any lunar