824 . ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



skin, under each of which was the 

 orifice of an internal nostril, but 

 pervious only for about half an 

 inch. There was a hare-lip, and a 

 cleft in the bony palate, extending 

 one third of an inch backwards. 



On dissection the cranium was 

 found somewhat compressed by 

 the fluid contained in the cyst be- 

 hind it. Tlie brain itself was too 

 putrid for accurate examination, 

 but it was of nearly the natural 

 size, and nothing unusual was ob- 

 served in it. The membranes had 

 the natural appearance, and the 

 nerves appeared to go off from the 

 brain and spinal marrow nearly as 

 usual. 



In the thorax there was no 

 heart, thymus gland, or pleura. 

 The trachea was situated imme- 

 diately behind the sternum. It 

 had its natural appearance, and di- 

 vided as usual into the two bron- 

 chia. The latter terminated in the 

 lungs, which consisted of two 

 rounded bodies, not more than one- 

 third of an inch in diameter, having 

 a smooth external surface, and 

 composed internally of a dense cel- 

 lular substance. The oesophagus 

 had the usual situation, but it ter- 

 minated in a cul-de-sac at the lower 

 part of the thorax. The rest of 

 the thorax was filled with a dense 

 cellular substance; and in place of 

 the diaphragm, there was a mem- 

 branous septum between it and the 

 cavity of the abdomen. 



In the abdomen, the stomach 

 had no cardiac orifice. The intes- 

 tine was attached to the mesentery 

 in the usual way ; but it was pro- 

 portionably shorter than natural. 

 There was an imperfect ccecum, 

 but the colon was not distin- 

 guished by any difference of struc- 

 ture or appearance from the rest of 



the intestine. The rectum had its 

 usual situation in the pelvis. The 

 spleen and renal capsules were 

 small ; the kidneys, bladder, penis, 

 and testicles, had the usual appear- 

 ance. The abdomen was lined by 

 peritonajum, but there was no 

 omentum. The liver and gall- 

 bladder were wanting. 



As there was no heart, it became 

 an object of importance to ascer- 

 tain the exact nature of the circu- 

 lation : for this purpose the blood- 

 vessels were traced with atten- 

 tion. 



The umbilical chord consisted of 

 two vessels only : one of these was 

 larger than the other, and its coats 

 resembled those of a vein, while 

 those of the smaller vessel were 

 thick and elastic, like those of an 

 artery. Both of these vessels en- 

 tered the navel of the child. The 

 artery passed to the left groin by 

 the side of the urachus, occupying 

 the usual situation of the left um- 

 bilical artery. Here it gave off the 

 external and internal iliac arteries 

 of the left side, and was then con- 

 tinued upwards on the fore part of 

 the spine forming the aorta. From 

 the aorta arose the common trunk 

 of the right ihac artery, and the 

 branches to the viscera and pa- 

 rietes of the thorax and abdomen. 

 At the upper part of the thorax, 

 it sent off the two subclavian, and 

 afterwards divided into the two ca- 

 rotid arteries, without forming an 

 arch. The veins corresponding to 

 these arteries terminated in the 

 vena cava, which was situated on 

 the anterior part of the spine be- 

 fore the aorta, and passed down- 

 wards before the right kidney to 

 the right groin. Here it became 

 reflected upwards by the side of 

 the urachus to the navel, and was 



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