§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the prison doctors have made any report on the case of Mr. Marshall, a prisoner confined in Kilmainham, and said to be suffering from disease of the brain, causing the most intense pain?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, the medical officer of Kilmainham had made a report with regard to the case of Mr. Marshall, from which it appeared that the complaint from which the prisoner suffered was a constant headache. 233 The medical officer was unable to detect any organic disease, and his general health had not suffered since his imprisonment. He had consulted with two other medical gentlemen, who were likewise unable to discover any organic disease.
§ MR. HEALYasked if the right hon. Gentleman was aware that the general impression in the prison was that the man was mad?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERsaid, he had not heard of such an impression.