2o6 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



The abdominal vifcera were, to all ap- 

 pearance, found, even to the left kidney, 

 whicii fome years before had generated 

 much fand and calculi, and continued 

 ftill to be fufpeded by the patient. The 

 flomach, the inteilines, and the dia- 

 phragm were free from any mark of in- 

 flammation, notwithftanding thofe parts 

 had fu'ffered, firft by the flux, and after- 

 wards by the hiccup, which fymptom 

 had been almoft conilant for the laft fix 

 days of his life. 1 he gall bladder con- 

 tained a moderate quantity of ^bile of a 

 natural colour, without any (tones or ob- 

 ftrudions in the ducts. 



The only difeafed part of the body, 

 fo far as it was infpedted, was a tumour 

 larger than one's flit, of an oblong figure, 

 lying upon the left fide of the fpine and 

 the noria dejcenden's^ in the diredtion of 

 that veflel. This tumour was of a firm 

 confiltence, beginning as high up as tlie 

 emulgent arteiies, where it adhered to the 

 tranfverfe flexure of the duodenum, and 

 from thence defcending till it came near 

 the pelvis. Upon its furface, but within 



the 



