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The pharynx was very muscular. The lining inembrane of the 

 asophagus was disposed, in its upper third, in longitudinal plicce, 

 and throughout the ręst of its extent in transverse folds resembling 

 thickly placed valvulce conniventes, becoming nore numerous and 

 smaller towards the stomach. The tonsils were exceedingly small, 

 consisting of three or four little glandular patches under the mucous 

 membrane. The apex of the epiglottis was obtusely pointed, and 

 much curled tovvards the tongue : X\\e frcenum epiglottidis cox\tn\x\zA 

 a povverful musele serving to raiše the epiglottis : the aiyteno-epi- 

 glottidean ligament was so studded vvith mucous follicles as to repre- 

 sent glandular masses. The dorsum of the tongue, 10 inches in 

 length, vvas thickly .studded vvith retroverted spines, vvhich tovvards 

 the posterior part became converted into loose, triangular, fleshy 

 appendages attached here and there to the surface. 



The supra-renal glands vvere imbedded in fat and situated about 

 1 inch internal to the anterior extremity of the kidneys ; their length 

 vvas 2i inches, their breadth 1 inch. The kidneys vvere 4 inches in 

 length, 2^ in breadth, and 2i in thickness. They had the ordinary 

 position and form, and exhibited on their surface the arborescent 

 vessels observable in the Felidte and Fiverridce generally. Their cor- 

 tical and tubular portions vvere beautifuliy distinct ; the medium 

 thickness of the former being 3 lines. One papilta received the 

 tubuli uriniferi of the vvhole kidney. The ureters terminated about 

 1 inch from the neck of the bladder. The urinary bladder, of an 

 oval shape and 6 inches in length, vvas so small that vvithout disten- 

 sion it would not have contained more than three or four ounces of 

 fluid. 



The prostate gland was 4 of an inch in diameter and ^ths in 

 thickness; its form vvas circular, flattened from before backvvardsj 

 it vvas placed behind the neck of the bladder, vvhich it did not era- 

 brace. When cut into, its substance exhibited a rosy vvhite colour. 

 Itssecretion resembled whey,and vvas pouredinto the urelhra through 

 several litlle orifices on each side of the verumontanum , vvhich vvas a 

 little eminence half an inch in length. The vasa deferentia terminated 

 vvith the ducts of the prostate. Nothing analogous to vesicula se- 

 minales vvas observed. Covvper's glands vvere of the size of mode- 

 rately large hazel-nuts, surrounded by a strong muscular envelope ; 

 on cutting through this case the glandular masses vvere found to be 

 of the size of large peas, the remainderof the bulk being made up 

 by the thickness of the muscular covering; their secretion vvas poured 

 out by two ducts into the bulbous portion of the urethra. The 

 urethra vvas 9į- inches in length; its mucous lining presented no la- 

 cuncp, and vvas, wlien slit open, l^ths of an inch broad at the veru- 

 montanum, 4- at the membranous portion, -|^ at the bulb, and about 

 -Jths throughout the ręst of its extent. The penis vvas 5l inches in 

 length ; the glans measuring fths of an inch and being of a conical 

 form ending in asharppoint; its surface vvas studded vvith minute 

 papilio', but vvas quiie smooth; it inclosed an ossiculum 4 of an inch 

 in length. 



The morbid appearances observed consisted of tubercular disease 

 of the lungs, vvith rupture of the air cells in several places. 



