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" The small intestines were not mucli thicker than a quill for a 

 considerable distance, but gradually increased in circumference : 

 their length was 5 feet 7 inches, and consequently more than a foot 

 greater than the measurement given by Mr. Owen. On their inner 

 coat were observed the little sacculi noticed by Mr. Owen, as well aa 

 the remarkable villi, which are thickly set. The breadth of the me- 

 sentery was about 1 J- inch. The first or true ctecum was contracted 

 into folds by three longitudinal bands, and so made trifid at the ex- 

 treraity : its length was about 2-i- inches, its circumference 9. The 

 entrance of the small intestine ■vvas succeeded by a sacculated portion 

 (the bands of which -vvere continued from the ctEcum) contorted spi- 

 J-ally, beyond "vvhich the intestine, abruptly tuming and becoming at 

 once smaller, assumed a sigmoid flexure, gradually enlarging as it 

 proceeded till it merged into two csecal appendages, of a conical 

 figure with an enlarged base and a vermiform termination. The 

 distance between the first cacum and the base of these appendages 

 was found to be 1 foot 7 inches. Below these csecal appendages the 

 large intestine measured 5-į- inches in circumference ; it, ho\vever, 

 gradually but rapidly diminished in size. From this part to its ter- 

 mination the large intestine measured 2 feet 7 inches. 



" The pana-eas was small, irregular, and entirely embraced by the 

 first fold of the duodenum : its secretion enters the intestine by two 

 ducts, one terminating along with the biliary duct, the other -|ths of 

 an inch lower down. 



" The spleen was broad and somewhat hatchet-shaped, having a 

 projecting narrow slip from a semilunar base : its length \vas 2 inches, 

 its breadth 1 inch. 



" The heart was bifid at the apex ; its length 14- inch, and its 

 breadth 1 4-. The larynx was small ; and the trachea consisted of 36 

 rings. The cesophagus was smooth. The thyroid glands were small 

 and oval, and 4- inch long. The tongue ■was 2-f inches in length, 

 smooth, \vith an elevated projection in the middle, and an obscure 

 furro\v running down it, from which diverged transversely several 

 arched depressions. The palate was deeply furro\ved \vith alternate 

 transverse ridges and depressions on each side of a middle line, the 

 ridges on one side corresponding to the depressions on the other. 



"The kidneys were flattened; in length they measured \^ inch, 

 in breadth į : the tubuli uriniferi converged into one large conical 

 papilio. The ureters entered the fundus of the bladder, not on its 

 dorsal side, (for it lay flat and empty,) but laterally on the edge, 

 piercing the bladder obliquely, as described by Mr. Owen. 'l"he 

 supra-renal glands were small greyish bodies, about the size of a 

 pea. The testes, the vesicnl<e seminales, the double prostate gland, 

 and the penis ■vvere as described by Mr. Owen. 



" The Bternum consisted of six distinct osseous pieces, indepen- 

 dent of the xiphoid cartilage, which was shaped lŪce a spade : its 

 length was 2^ inches exclusive of the cartilage. The true ribs were 

 seven in number on each side, and the falše ribs fourteen. The cer- 



