Show impairment or OF MEMORY in certain morbid m r conditions of the brain connected with organic altera ions or disordered conditions of the ther cerebral cele bral circulation circuit lon ion the patient loses for a period all knowledge of his native tongue patients in a state of delirium have abed been known to address their in the latin language lan ian gnage guage it is said that dr johnson when dying forgot the words wordin of our lord londis Is prayer in eni engl en I si sh but attempted to repeat them iii lri in latin dr escandel a an italian gentle gentie gentleman madi madd or of considerable schol scholastic attic qualities resided in america he was master of the italian french and english languages in the b ginning ginning of the yellow fever which ter termini mini miri tl ted e d his hib is life in the city of new york yoth in the of 1798 he spoke english only in the middle of his disease he french but on the day of offia his death he spoke italian the language of his native country |