.Account of the Mwumi/ dissected by Dr. Granville. 71 



places soft to the touch, and, with the exception of a few parts, 

 entirely deprived of cuticle. The height of the mummy, from 

 the vertex of the head to the inferior surface of the calcaneum, 

 was 5 feet y^ inch ; and the principal dimensions of several 

 parts correspond with those which are usually considered as 

 giving rise to the utmost perfection of the female form in the 

 European race ; — thus these dimensions are precisely those as- 

 signed by Camper and Winkelmarm to that celebrated statue 

 the Medicean Venus; — and no trait o^ Ethiopian character was 

 discernible in the form of the cranium: all which, Dr. Gran- 

 ville observed, supports Cuvier's opinion respecting the Cau- 

 casian origin of the Egyj)tians. 



Dr. Granville then proceeded to a brief summary of the 

 present state of our information respecting Egyptian mummies, 

 attributing its scantiness and imperfection to the rarity of 

 perfect specimens, nearly all the mummies hitherto described 

 presenting little else than imperfect skeletons, sometimes co- 

 vered by the dry skin, enveloped in bandages. 



In proceeding to examine and dissect the present specimen, 

 which was effected in the presence of several medical and 

 scientific friends of the author, the integuments and muscles 

 of the abdomen were first removed, and the contents of that 

 cavity carefully inspected : they consisted of a portion of 

 the stomach adhering to the diaphragm, the spleen attached 

 to the super-renal capsule of the left kidney, and the left 

 kidney itself, with the ureter descending into the bladder, 

 which, with the uterus and its appendages, were observed m 

 situ., the latter exhibiting marks of disease. Eragments only 

 of the intestinal canal were discoverable; and there were a few 

 lumps of resin, and of a mixture of clay and bitumen, and a 

 fev/ j)ieces of myrrh. The right kidney, the liver, and the 

 minor glands were missing; but the gall-bladder was detected 

 among the loose fragments of membranes and other soft parts, 

 together with remains of its own ducts. The soft parts of the 

 pelvis were then particularly examined, and the perfect con- 

 dition of the muscles, membranes, and ligaments particularly 

 noted. The cavity of the thorax was next examined, by de- 

 taching the diaphragm, to which part of the pericardium ad- 

 hered ; and the heart, in a very contracted state, was afterwards 

 found suspended by its vessels and attached to the lungs, wliich 

 adhered to the ril)s. 



Upon the examination of the cranium, it was evident that 

 the brain had been removed through the nostrils, from the 

 lacerated condition of the inner nasal bones: the eyes apjieared 

 jjot to have been disturbed ; the tongue was entire, and the 

 tcetli were white and perfect. 



Dr. 



