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“…married a niece…”

Berthelot, M. (1900). The life and works of Brown-Séquard. Washington: Govt. Print. Office, p. 683.

“…to assume a professorship…”

“Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard’s Departure from the Medical College of Virginia: Incompatible Science or Incompatible Social Views in pre–Civil War Southern United States,” Joseph C. Watson and Stephen V. Ho, World Neurosurgery, Vol. 75, No. 5/6, 2011, p. 751.

“…offer lectures…use of a laboratory…”

“Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard’s Departure from the Medical College of Virginia: Incompatible Science or Incompatible Social Views in pre–Civil War Southern United States,” Joseph C. Watson and Stephen V. Ho, World Neurosurgery, Vol. 75, No. 5/6, 2011, p. 752.

“…one-hundred papers…”

“Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard’s Departure from the Medical College of Virginia: Incompatible Science or Incompatible Social Views in pre–Civil War Southern United States,” Joseph C. Watson and Stephen V. Ho, World Neurosurgery, Vol. 75, No. 5/6, 2011, p. 751.

“…no accommodations had been made…”

Celestin, L.-C. (2016). Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard: The biography of a tormented genius, p. 79.

“…its janitor and his wife…”

A janitor and wife were said to have lived in the Egyptian Building, but not where. I have put them in the basement, at first, to explain why they were so discomfited by Brown-Séquard’s animals.

“Old Days at the Old College,” William H. Taylor, The Old Dominion Journal of Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 17, No. 2, August 1913, p. 90.L

“…a slave woman named Anarcha…”

There is no document that indicates that Anarcha lived in the basement of the Egyptian Building, but this is wholly consistent with what is known: Anarcha was experimented on by Charles Bell Gibson, who taught in the Egyptian Building, and, presumably, performed operations and experiments there. Where would Anarcha have stayed? She had an ongoing fistula condition, which would have made her presence noxious to everyone close to her. In suggesting that she cared for the animals that Brown-Séquard was performing experiments on, I am highlighting the fact that in chattel slavery enslaved persons were regarded, largely, as animals. It also seems to me a more likely situation than that Anarcha was held at Lumpkin’s Jail, or that she shared space with other enslaved people. My suggestion here is speculative, but at least as likely as any other possibility.

“…he would deliver sixty-five talks…”

Celestin, L.-C. (2016). Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard: The biography of a tormented genius, p. 83.

“…tender his resignation.”

Celestin, L.-C. (2016). Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard: The biography of a tormented genius, p. 83.

“…a vast caravan…”

“Old Days at the Old College,” William H. Taylor, The Old Dominion Journal of Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 17, No. 2, August 1913, p. 89.

Séquard, C. E. B. (1853). Experimental researches applied to physiology and pathology. New-York: H. Baillière, p. 42.

“…wring off a chicken’s head…”

“Old Days at the Old College,” William H. Taylor, The Old Dominion Journal of Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 17, No. 2, August 1913, p. 89.

“…puncture the flank of a live dog…”

“Old Days at the Old College,” William H. Taylor, The Old Dominion Journal of Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 17, No. 2, August 1913, p. 89.

“He kept a cat alive for three months…”

Séquard, C. E. B. (1853). Experimental researches applied to physiology and pathology. New-York: H. Baillière, p. 14.

“He discovered that remote burns…”

Séquard, C. E. B. (1853). Experimental researches applied to physiology and pathology. New-York: H. Baillière, p. 16.

“…if you tore asunder…”

Séquard, C. E. B. (1853). Experimental researches applied to physiology and pathology. New-York: H. Baillière, p. 20.

“…the testicles of dogs…”

“Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard’s Departure from the Medical College of Virginia Incompatible Science or Incompatible Social Views in pre–Civil War Southern United States,” Joseph C. Watson and Stephen V. Ho, World Neurosurgery, Vol. 75, No. 5/6, 2011, p. 753.

Ott, I., & Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia,. (1896). Dr. Brown-Sequard. Philadelphia: Publisher not identified, p. 6. Originally printed in the Medical Bulletin.