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terior aspect. Tlie tesles \veie of considerable magnitude, and in- 

 closed in a pendent scrotum, vvhich was very conspicuous. 



" On opening the abdomen, two portions of the liver covering the 

 stomach, the spleen \vith its upper end also lying upon tl.e stomach, 

 the left kidney, a section of the gieat curvature of the stomach, 

 and the convolutions of the intestines, were presented to vievv. 



"The liver consisted of a middle and a left lobe having an ante- 

 rior aspect, and of a right lobe having a dorsal aspect, covered en- 

 tirely by the right portion of the middle lobe. This middle lobe 

 had two fissures ; that to the left for theinsertion of the//g-flwe7i<M?w 

 latum ; that to the right, admitting the gall-bladder to appear; the 

 bladder itself being situated near the edge, on the under side of 

 tlie lobe, in a continuation of the fissure. On opening the abdomen, 

 the gall-bladder as well as the lobe in which it is situated, cannot 

 immediately be seen, o\ving to its dorsal inclination. The gall- 

 bladder \vas very small, being about 3 lines in length : what 

 struck me, hovvever, as being very remarkable, was that, contrary 

 to the general rule, its neck, or apex, was on the edge of tlie liver, 

 it&Jkndus being inwards ; so that the duct made an acute tiirn at 

 its commencement, and then proceeded along the body of the 

 bladder ; leaving this, it continued for half an inch, and then re- 

 ceived two or three auxiliary hepatic ducts ; and after a further 

 course of the third of an inch, it entered the duodenum little more 

 than a quarter of an inch below the pyloms. 



" The spleen \vas long and slender, measuring 1 inch by a quar- 

 ter : it was attached pretty closely to the stomacli. 



" Of the intestinal canai the duodenum was the largest in cir- 

 cumference ; it graduallj' diminished to the average nieasure, vvhich 

 vvas rather more than half an inch, that of the large intestines, if 

 we may so call them, being scarcely so much. The length of the 

 small intestines was 1 foot ; that of the large, 8 inches. The 

 stomach vvas someuhat ovaI, and the oesophageal and pyloric ori- 

 fices vvere distant oniy 3 lines ; the measurement of the greater 

 curvature vvas 24 inches ; che circumference, vvhen moderately dis- 

 tended, 2+. The ccBcum, somevvhat enlarged at its base, vvas about 

 Hinch in length, and terminated in a blnnt apex. 



The kidneys vvere compressed in form, and half an inch in length ; 

 the tubuli converged in one large distinct conical papilta. The 

 supra-renal glands vvere closely attached to their upper and inner 

 part, and vvere of the size of small peas. 



" The lungs consisted of two lobes on the left, and three on the 

 right side. The heait vvas pointed ; its length being half an inch. 



" The tongue vvas pointed, and 1 inch in length : its surface 

 vvas velvety, vvith soft, small, delicate papilla. 



" The thyroid glands were ovaI, and little larger than pin.heads. 



" The submaxillary glands vvere large. 



" The cesophagus vvas smooth on its internal surface. 



" The trachea consisted of nineteen or tvventy rings. 



" The sexual organs vvere next examined. The length of \.\\e penis 

 from the pubes vvas 1 inch ; the e.rectores museles vvere large and 



