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¢avity of the Céfophagus, but not the leaft 
marks of difeafe were difcovered. Upon open- 
ing the ftomach, evident traces of inflammation 
were obferved. It commenced at the fuperior 
orifice, and was there confined to {mall and 
irregular fpots of a dark red colour; and 
might alfo be traced in a linear form, and of 
a brighter red, along the curvature of the ftomach, 
terminating at the pylorus in large and irregular 
fpots of a gangrenous appearance. The contents 
ofthe ftomach did not exceed three ounces; 
and confifted, chiefly, of the medicines that had 
been {wallowed, mixed with a dark coloured 
fluid, All the other vifcera of the abdomen 
exhibited no marks of difeafe. 
The novelty and importance of the cafe above 
related, will, I truft, fufficiently apologize for 
the following enquiry. That it exhibits the 
genuine fymptoms of Rasizs Canina, will not 
be doubted by thofe, who have had opportu- 
nities of feeing the malady, or have confulted 
the beft authorities on the fubject. The dread 
of liquids; the peculiar and diftrefling anxiety 
about the precordia; and the morbid irritability 
of the nervous fyftem, which were all expe- 
rienced by this patient, leave no room for doubt 
concerning the refemblance of the difeafe to 
that which is the offspring of the canine poifon. 
When we refleét on the length of the interval, 
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