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Show A ''HcadlONg Horseman" Hon He Uode at AV.oerili. At the battle of W'oerth it is said that at the third charge of the cuiras siers a horse was to be seen going at full speed with a hsadless rider. The mutilated corpse was that of M. de la Futzuu de Lacarre, coiouel of the third regiment of French cuirassiers, who had been decapitated by a cannon ball. Most people on reading this would declare de-clare that it was a mere sensation paragraph, para-graph, totally devoid of truth. Such an occurrence, however, would not by any means seem to be an impossibility. Not long ago we directed our readers' attention to an interesting article published pub-lished by Dr. Brimon, surgeon to the Fhiladelphia Hospital, on the instantaneous instan-taneous rigidity which forms the occasional occa-sional accompaniment of sudden and violent death, such as results from wounds of the head or heart. Tho startling phenomenon sometimes seen on the battle-field, of the retention in death of the last attitude in life, has not escaped the observation of military surgeons, although the facts connected con-nected therewith have not been studied with the attention they deserve. Those who are familiar with ihe descriptions that were given of the Crimean battlefields, battle-fields, particularly that of lnkcrman, will remember that the various attitudes atti-tudes and the expression of the features fea-tures of :he dead 'were dwelt upon. The report of M. Chenu contains a short account, chiefly based upon the communications of .MAI. Arinand and Ferier of the attitudes of the dead in battle during the Crimean and Italian campaigns. At .Magenta a Hungarian hussar, killed at tho same time as his horse, remained almost iu saddle, resting rest-ing on his right side, the point of his sabre carried forward, as at the charge. This rigidity generally fullows sudden and violent deaths, but not invariably. I'r. Brin tun, among his cass. gives one of a very striking kind. He says that a man wounded in the left breast at Belmont, Alissouri, found a stray mule, which he succeeded in mounting. While in the act ef riding the animal he died ; but his curiae retained the upright mounted position, and on its becoming necessary to appropriate the mule to the u-e of a living wuunded soldier the body was iuund to be so firmly and rigidiy set as to dumand a certain amount of positive furee to tree the mule from the clasp of the h-rs. I'r. Brinton is led to continue, fioui his own observations and those of others, that this batikfkld rigidity i developed at the moment uf dcal a. an 1 that the cadaveric attitudes are tho-c uf the last moment aud act of hie. L'-:iiJ"ii L'lin't. Aug. is. |