4S0 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



part principally in queftlon. About half 

 an Englifli pint of urine was found in 

 the bladder, which lay quite flaccid, not 

 embracing its contents j and might have 

 contained thrice that quantity. It had 

 a pertecl coriaceous appearance, like that 

 of raw hides fleeped in water, white, 

 fmooth, and fliining j and was near one 

 fourth of an inch thick, and remarkably 

 firm- The neck of the bladder was 

 fchirrous, almoft cartilaginous, and form- 

 ed into a pretty large, oblong, uniform 

 tumour. It is to be obferved, that the pa- 

 tient never had, (tools but when folici- 

 ted, occafioned by the preilure of the tu- 

 mour upon the recflum ; which, on one 

 fide, was diilended into a large pouch, 

 where the foeces lodged. The liver was 

 very large, abounding with bile. Had 

 not other fupervening difeafes concurred 

 to render his recovery impoflible, the o- 

 ri'^inal one might have been overcome 

 to a dill greater degree, and life prolong- 

 ed ; under painful and difagreeable cir- 

 cumftances indeed, depending upon caufes 



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