of Dr. William Stark. 41 



spleen rather lai'ge. The kidneys had their veins rather 

 fuller of blood than is common ; but the ureter and the 

 pelves were of a natural size. The large intestines seemed 

 quite sound. In the thorax there was more water than 

 is found in people who die of violent deaths, even after 

 lying two days. The same may be said of the pericar- 

 dium. The lungs had several black spots in different 

 parts of their substance, owing to extravasated blood. 

 The heart seemed rather flaccid, and had no coagulum 

 in it. The blood being fluid, one or two transparent 

 coagula were aftemards observed in the vessels of the 

 brain, but they were very soft. The dura mater had 

 no morbid appearance. The vessels of the pia mater 

 had more moisture in the cellulai' membrane contiguous 

 to them than is natural. The ventricles had each about 

 a tea- spoonful of water, and that in the left was of a bright 

 yellow colour. The pineal gland had several earthy par- 

 ticles in it. The other parts of the brain had no preter- 

 natural appearance. 



VI. Case of a Child who swalloxved an Iron Nail, which 

 made its Way through the Intestines and Parietes of 

 the Abdomen. Communicated to the Editor by Dr, 

 James Lyons. 



IN the night of the 2d instant, I was called to a 

 child, not quite nine months old, which, although in 

 good health, had cried, for two days, more than usual. 



On examination, the mother discovered a haixl, .in- 

 flamed tumour, about half an inch from the umbilicus 



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