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mari?idor. cum dupLfe?jna^ which gave him fe- 

 veral loofe ftools throughout the day, the 

 hernia continuing as hard and painful as for- 

 merly. 



He would not agree to have the operation 

 of the bubonocele performed, and in the even- 

 ing his pulfe became feeble j he had fre- 

 quent returns of 2ijingultus^ and died next 

 morning. It may be neceffary to mention, 

 that foon after the vomit he cried out, that 

 fomething was tearing his ftomach and guts 

 towards the bottom of his belly. 



During his illnefs I was much perplexed 

 about the nature of the hernia. As the cly- 

 jfters and ptifan had operated very naturally,- 

 I could not imagine that it was any por- 

 tion of the inteflines ; and as he was of a 

 remarkably thin habit of body, I could 

 fcarcely imagine that is was the omen- 

 tum •, however, as his friends gave me the 

 liberty of examining the body, my doubts 

 and fcruples were foon fatisfied. I iirft look- 

 ed the ftate of the abdomen, where the fol- 

 lowing appearances were very obvious. The 

 tmentiim fallen down, greatly ftretched, and 

 fo tenfe, that one fhould have imagined it 

 would have broke. The ftomach much dif- 



tended 



