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ly about an inch, though the aneurifmal 

 fac was double this length on the forefide 

 pf the artery> and towards the infide of 

 the thigh. The coats of the artery were 

 ibmewhat indurated, and furrounded 

 with fmall fteatomatous tumours for 

 fome inches below the aneurifmal fac. 



As the man died fo fuddenly, his body 

 was opened the fecond day after his death, 

 when feveral aneurifms were found in the 

 cavity of the abdomen. 



Th e fuperior mefenteric artery, jufl as it 

 arofe from the aorta, was dilated for above 

 the length of an inch and a half, and was 

 near an inch diameter in the middle of 

 the aneurifmal fac, and was filled with a 

 firm coagulum. The left emulgent ar- 

 tery was dilated at its beginning to the 

 fize of a filbert nut ; and the inferior me- 

 fenteric artery was beginning to be dila- 

 ted juft as it arofe from the aorta. 



An attempt was made to inje(5l the vef- 

 fels of the lefc kidney ; but the veffels burft 

 upon a very fmall force being ufed to pufli 

 forward the injedion. 



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