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case were administered, but without effect. He 

 expired on the 27th, at seven o'clock in the even- 

 ing, in the twenty-sixth year of his age. 



*' The opening of the abdomen, or lower belly, 

 presented immediately an overflowing of san- 

 guinous serum ; all the intestines were in a state 

 of extreme inflammation, and even covered with 

 gangrenous spots. The mesentery and the epi- 

 ploon, were in the same condition. The glands 

 appeared much swelled, and the blood-vessels 

 were fllled with a black, thick blood, apparently 

 without any serum. The stomach was entirely 

 empty ; its inner membrane little inflamed ; the 

 spleen was much obstructed, as was also the liver, 

 one lobe of which w^as partly in a state of putre- 

 faction. The dissection of the reins, or kidneys, 

 more particularly discovered the cause of the dis- 

 ease ; the pelvis was filled with purulent matter, 

 and the membranes completely destroyed by the 

 effect of suppuration. The bladder did not con- 

 tain a drop of urine, but only a certain quantity 

 of pus, conveyed by the ureters ; its villous coat 

 was corroded by the matter. 



*' From the above circumstances, I infer, that the 

 veins performed their functions in a very imperfect 

 manner, and that the animal died in consequence 

 of the affections of these viscera, and of a violent 

 inflammation of the bowels. The viscera of the 

 chest partook, in a slight degree, of this inflamma- 

 tion. 



