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state, the pulse, however, having risen to 70. He was destroy- 

 ed by division of the spinal cord between the occiput and the 

 atlas. About two hours after pithing him, time having been 

 allowed to procure assistance and convey the carcass to an 

 adjacent field, where it was to be buried, I performed a post- 

 mortem examination. The four limbs were first cut off, and 

 they appeared healthy, dark blood flowing freely from them 

 when they were removed; the muscles had a healthy appear- 

 ance. I opened the chest, and the surface of the right lung 

 indicated, from its ecchymosed appearance, that I had con- 

 jectured rightly as to the condition of the blood. The lungs 

 and heart were removed from the chest, and no abnormal 

 condition was found beyond ecchymoses on the pleura, on 

 the pericardium, and on the endocardium in the left ventricle, 

 especially over the papillary muscles. The abdomen was next 

 opened, and the intestines removed. The anterior mesenteric 

 artery was found thickened on dividing it, and on more care- 

 ful examination, I found plastic exudation between its coats, 

 and a blood clot within it and some of its branches. The 

 stomach and intestines appeared healthy in every respect 

 The spleen, likewise, and the kidneys were well developed, 

 but there were signs of congestion, and, on opening the pel- 

 ves, ecchymoses were found within them. 



The liver was considerably modified, being highly charged 

 with blood, though the right lobe was discoloured and yel- 

 lowish. It was exceedingly friable, and there was evi- 

 dently a modification in its structure, which to the naked 

 eye appeared to amount to nothing more than defective 

 cohesion. 



I observed, on opening the aorta, that a quantity of 

 serum flowed out, the psoas muscles were somewhat dis- 

 coloured, but believing the veins of the limbs must have borne 

 indication of disease, I proceeded to examine, and found., 



