F.ECES. 



385 



A young woman affected with jaundice in a mild form, de- 

 pending probably on functional derangement of the liver. The 

 faeces were brown, and not clay-coloured, as in severe jaundice. 



1st Analysis 5-59 grs. gave of HO 3-66 or H 7'27g, C0 2 9-69 or C 51-423. 

 2d Analysis 5-12 grs. gave of HO 3-37 or H 7'31, C0 2 9'69 or C 51-61g. 

 Incineration 28-18 grs. gave of ash 3-41 grs., or 12-10g. 



Mean C . . . 51-51^ 



N* - : : 29-fo KOO'] 



Ash . . . 12-10J 



A physician of this city sent me a white, roundish, easily 

 compressible mass, resembling caseous matter, which had been 

 evacuated after an ordinary motion, by a lady who was suffering 

 from bilious sensations. When observed under the microscope, 

 this substance, which emitted a rather disagreeable odour, was 

 found to be composed of an extraordinary quantity of fat 



1 The following table shows, at a glance, the results of the preceding ultimate 

 analyses : 



TABLE of COMPOSITION, exclusive of ASH. 



II. 



