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thro' it J but cutting it open gradually, I 

 found it was ftill pervious. 



4. Dr. Culkfi, Profefibr of Medicine in the 

 Univerfity of Glafgow^ communicated the 

 following cafe to me. 



A boy about twelve years of age com- 

 plained of wandering colic-pains, which he 

 imputed to blows received on his belly from 

 fome of his companions. Thefe pains re- 

 turned frequently with diarrhceay and fome- 

 times bloody ftools, for near a year, when 

 his parents confulted Mr. Ja?nes Miiir Sur- 

 geon in Glafgow about him. The boy was 

 then much emaciated, had a quick pulfe, and 

 was fo weak as to be confined to his bed. 

 Two weeks after this, a livid membranous 

 fubftance, paffed by the boy at ftool, was 

 brought to Mr.'A/e^/r J who pbferving it to 

 be tubular, tied one end of it, and blowing 

 into the other, diftended it ipto fuch a con- 

 voluted tube thirteen inches long, as you fee 

 reprefented ABC, Fig. i. of Tab. VII. 

 which I caufed to be drawn from the origi- 

 nal which was fent me. As it has the mefen- 

 tery D conneded to all its concave fide, it 

 appears to have been an intire piece of gut, 

 and not the villous coat only. Befides this 

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