494 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO 1741. 



The protuberance of the left epigastrium, was occasioned by a quantity of 

 liquor lodged in a cavity formed by the peritonaeum, which in this place was 

 about T^ths of an inch thick. This cavity extended over the kidney and 

 spleen, and there was found in it above 2 quarts of thin liquor of a darkish 

 colour. The whole quantity of matter taken out of that cavity, and those of 

 the glands which were opened, was about 4 gallons. 



In the cavity of the abdomen there was found no matter, or water. 



The omentum was very white, and much decayed. 



The coats of the stomach and intestines were very thin and tender, and in 

 flamed in several places. The intestines lay in the right side, and were filled 

 with hard excrements, forced into that situation by the large protuberance on 

 the left. 



The liver was very large, of a colour more red than common, and full of 

 blood, which on the smallest incision flowed freely out of it ; and the greatest 

 part of the blood in the whole body seemed to be accumulated in this viscus, 

 and was of a darker red colour than usual. 



The gall-bladder was not larger than natural, nor did it contain any stones, 

 or concreted matter ; and, on gentle pressure, the bile moved easily through 

 the ductus cysticus. 



The pancreas was smaller than common, and adhered closely to the duo- 

 denum . 



The kidneys were a little inflamed, and of a flatter figure than usual; occa- 

 sioned probably by the pressure of the peritonaeum. 



The cavity of the thorax was greatly lessened by the diaphragma being 

 pressed upwards, by which the lungs were likewise much compressed, and they 

 adhered in several places to the pleura and mediastinum. The heart was of a 

 paler colour than common : from the middle to its apex, it was pressed flat, 

 and little or no water was found in the pericardium. 



On Hydatids voided per Faginam. By Mr. William Watson, F. R. S. 



N''46o, p. 711. 



A gentlewoman, aged about 48, the mother of many children, after a respite 

 of 6 years, had, in Nov. 1739, the symptoms of conception, which left her in 

 February ; from which time to the end of March, she every night discharged 

 per vaginam uteri a considerable quantity of blood ; and, not perceiving an in- 

 crease in her belly, nor (which in cases of conception is the pathognomonic 

 sign of something preternatural) her breasts, she concluded her menses were 

 leaving her at their usual period. But, on the first of April, being taken with. 



