Early in October he was able to slightly move both legs, and had full control of urination; from this time on his paralysis rapidly improved; the battery was applied daily, with massage morning and evening; and in November the plaster-of-Paris jacket was removed, and he propelled himself about the ward in a rolling chair, and shortly after was able to get about slowly on crutches.

He was discharged December 23d, and when I saw him six months later he walked very well and without effort; he carried a cane, but this seemed more from habit than from necessity.

At present date he weighs 150 pounds, and drives a huckster wagon for a living, showing very little loss of motion in his lower extremities." Although few cases show such wonderful improvement as this one, statistics prove that the results of this operation are sometimes most advantageous.

Thorburn collects statistics of 50 operations from 1814 to 1885, undertaken for relief of injuries of the spinal cord.

Lloyd has compiled what is possibly the most extensive collection of cases of spinal surgery, his cases including operations for both disease and injury.