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up. From this time she steadily grew worse, and died 

 on the 26th. 



Dr Ruttan, Professor of Chemistry, M'Gill Univer- 

 sity, made elaborate analyses of urine sent to Montreal 

 from time to time, and without offering any detailed 

 statement here, I may say that the general conclu- 

 sions arrived at were as follows : The whole of the 

 urine passed in six days was sent, and he says the total 

 amount, if representing six days' urine, is about one- 

 seventh the normal. This contains all constituents 

 in about normal quantities in relation to the volume 

 of the urine, except the phosphoric acid, which is about 

 one-third what it should be. 



I. AUTOPSY. 



Inspectio Cadaveri. 



Nutrition poor ; body much emaciated ; apparent age 

 65 to 70 ; weight about 50 ; rigor mortis complete. 

 A. M. staining on hands and feet; P. M. staining on 

 back of trunk ; bedsores on sacrum, tip and ball of 

 great toe; feet and ankles oedematous; legs flexed on 

 thighs by contracted tendons; no teeth, and sockets 

 much absorbed. 



Sectio Cadaveri. 



HEAD. Scalp thin and easily dissected ; calvarium 

 of average thickness ; tables thin, however, diploe being 

 in excess; dura mater not adherent to the skull, 

 slightly opaque at vertex ; one slight adhesion to brain 

 at margin of longitudinal fissure ; ante-mortem clots in 

 longitudinal and lateral sinuses, the clots in the lateral 

 sinuses being particularly well organised. 



BRAIN. The brain weighed about 35 oz. ; micro- 

 scopically, it was healthy in appearance in fact, in 



