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biirfting of which had been the imme- 

 diate caufe of the patient's death. An 

 inch and I below its opening into the fac, 

 it refumed its natural form and capacity 

 before it was diflributed to the leg. This 

 cyfl, when entire, was capable of hold- 

 ing two or three pints of liquor ; it was 

 filled with fluid and grunious blood 

 mixed, and with a large polypous con- 

 cretion, fach as is commonly found in 

 large aneurifms j part of the fides of the; 

 cyfl was wore away where it lay conti- 

 guous to the lower part of the os femoris, 

 and head of the tibia ; for, a finger being 

 introduced into the pofterior orifice, thefe 

 bones were felt rough and carious j a 

 fmail part of this fac, with the opening 

 of the crural artery into it at (A.) and its 

 exit from it at (B.) to be diftributed to 

 the leg, is reprefented in fig. I . & 2. No. 4. 

 TiTE crural artery of the left fide, a 

 little below the groin, was dilated to ar 

 bout the fize of a fmall bird's egg ; but, 

 this part of the artery having been left 

 by miHake in the body, no figure was 



drawn 



