22$ ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



Next day, her body was opened. The 

 flomach, mtellines, liver, and fpleen, 

 feemed to be all in a perfcvfl found ftate. 

 The diaphragm on the left fit'e was pulh- 

 ed up fome way into the cavity of the 

 thorax; and the lungs of that fide adhe- 

 red very much to the pleura, and con- 

 tained a good deal of a thin, bloody, 

 fomewhat purulent-like matter, and had 

 a number of fmall tubercles difperfed 

 through their fubjftance. 



Th e lungs of the left fide, and the fto- 

 mach, intefliaes, and fpleen, being taken 

 out of the body, and the lungs of the 

 right iide, and the upper iide of the liver, 

 beirg turned to the right fide, and Hitch- 

 ed firmly to the infide of the ribs; we ob- 

 ferved, that the left fide of the cavity of 

 the abdomen was filled with one large 

 black tumour, which, on examining, pro- 

 ved to be the cellular membranes behind 

 the peritoneum, which covered the kid- 

 ney, filled with blood. On cutting thro' 

 the peritoneum, and thefe membranes, 

 we found the kidney found below, which' 

 • ' ' we 



