Organic Lesion of the Brain, &c. 6i 



^iri inch in diameter ; it was of a granulated, fibrous and 

 grumous consistence. VVirhin ihe substance of the sann(* 

 hemisphere thtre appeared several other tumours, whicli^ 

 on being cut into, exhibited nearly the same appearances. 

 The general substance of the brain was firm and sound : 

 the olfactory nerves were uncommonly firm, not having the 

 usual fibrous texture, but rather resembling pieces of nar- 

 row tape, of a dead white colour ; the other nerves were 

 equally firm. 



In the thorax the left lung was entirely obliterated, ap- 

 parently resulting from long continued inflammation. The 

 right lung and the heart were in their natural state. The 

 eoronary arteries were ossified to a considerable extent*. 



In the abdomen there was about three quarts of a dark-* 

 coloured serous fluid; the viscera were of a very dark co- 

 lour. The structure of the alimentary canal was not in- 

 jured: the kidneys, bladder, and spleen, were in the na- 

 tural state : the liver was completely scirrhous; the pan- 

 creas was also scirrhous, which must have formed the tu- 

 mour felt while the patient was alive. The gall bladder wa» 

 much distended with bile. 



There were no symptoms of a scirrhous pancreas during 

 life. 



With respect to the diseased appearances of the trunk in: 

 the above case, perhaps little doubt can arise; but it may 

 not be improper, before I conclude, to call the attention 

 ©f my fellow practitioners to the peculiar state of thebrain^ 

 The tumours in this organ were exhibited in various 

 ttages of progression to the size of the largest, and that 

 which was first described. The whole of them must have 

 «?iisted for many years, and it w^ill perhaps be difficult to ex- 

 plain — Why these tumours did not produce symptoms of 

 compression, considering the space they occupied? Or are 

 we to suppose that absorption of the surroandinc parts took 

 jplacc in unison with the growth of the tumour ? 



1 am, See, 



John Taunton f. 



• Although thU OFsificailon vrz3 extensive, no 53'mptoms of angina pec- 

 t^iris could l)e traced as havinrj ever existed. Sever;:i prcparatiaus in my 

 pcsiession, when considered with reference to the hiitories of the patients, 

 furnish results pert<:ctly analog-ous. 



■f The preparations of the various diseased parts in the above case arc 

 f rduM-Yf^ m »> Mbs€ui», tvke«e thejr rnncy ba seca. 



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