Excerpt from A Letter to the Right Honourable Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., President of the General Board of HealthThe animal matters thrown into the receptacles last mentioned, are, I believe, converted into adipo cere, and the fetor is consequently not so offensive as if they went through the putrefactive process; but the whole place was constantly filled with a close cadaverous smell, very disagreeable to any persons who went down from the fresh air. During the whole day, Gilmore was employed about the dissecting room, in removing the offals, in cleaning macerated bones; in short, in an almost constant handling of putrid matters. He always enjoyed good health, was fat, and possessed very great bodily strength. He left his situation in consequence of an apoplectic attack, and died lately, at the age of 69, after two other similar affections. His wife survives, enjoying a good state of health. Neither of his sons appears to have suf fered from any unwholesomeness of their abode. They are both hearty and strong, although they have been employed some years in attending the dissecting room.

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