1819.] and on the Blood in general. “ 
VEGETABLE FOOD. ANIMAL FOOD. 
E. Vegetable gluten? none, E. Same as in the ceecum 
butcontainedaprinciple soluble above-mentioned. 
in acetic acid, and copiously 
precipitable by oxalate of am- 
monia as in the ccecum. 
F. Salts, nearly as above. F. Salts, nearly as above. 
Only some traces of an alkaline 
phosphate were observed. 
G. Insoluble residuum, less G. Insoluble residuum, a 
than in the ccecum. flaky matter in very minute 
quantity. 
4. From the Rectum. 4. From the Rectum. 
Of a firm consistence, and of Consisted of firm scybala, of 
an olive-brown colour inclining a dark brown colour inclining 
to yellow. Smell fcetid and to chocolate. Smell very fcetid. 
offensive. Did not coagulate - Milk was coagulated by the 
milk, water in which it had been 
diffused. 
A. Water, quantity not as- A., Water, quantity not as- 
certained. . certained. 
B. Combination, or mixture B. Combination, or mixture 
of altered alimentary matters in _ of altered alimentary matters in 
much greater excess than in much greater excess than in 
the colon, with some mucus; either of the other specimens, 
insoluble in acetic acid, and with some mucus ; insoluble in 
constituting the chief bulk of acetic acid, and constituting 
the faeces. the chief bulk of the faces. 
C. Albuminous matter, none. C. Albuminous matter, none. 
D. Bilary principle, partly D. Biliary principle, more 
changed to a perfect resin. considerable than in the vege- 
table feces, and almost entirely 
changed to a perfectly resinous- 
hke substance. 
E. Vegetable gluten? none; E. Vegetable gluten? none; 
butcontainedaprinciple similar but contained aprinciple similar 
to that inthe cecum and colon. _ to that in the ccecum and colon. 
FP. Salts, nearly as before. F, Salts, nearly as before. 
G. Insoluble residuum, con- G. Insoluble residuum, con- 
sisting chiefly of vegetable sisting chiefly of hairs. 
fibres mixed with hairs, 
Examination of the Contents of the Duodenum of the Ovr.— 
This had been kept for some time before examination, and 
appeared to contain an unusually large proportion of bile. Its 
colour was greenish, and it was of a ropy consistence, appa- 
rently holding suspended in it some solid matters, which, after a 
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