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Account oftht DlJfeBion of three Perfons^ ^c 



ufi 



the veficles 



13 

 being diilended with air, and thei 



The 



fubflance confcquently lefs compreflible than ufual. 

 poflerior part of both lobes was extremely livid, and in the 

 cavities of the thorax was contained a large portion of extrav- 

 afated blood, firmly coagulated, to the quantity of eight or ten 

 ounces, as nearly as could be eftimated. 



The pericardium contained as much as two or three ounces 

 of fluid blood. The heart was of its ufual fize j but the coro- 

 nary veins were fo diftended with blood, as to exhibit the ap- 



pearance of amoft fuccefsful inje(5l 



In the cavity of the 



abdomen, the part moft confpicuoufly morbid was the liver. 

 This organ appeared to be much inflamed both on its convei 



and concave furface j its fubftance was much indurated, and 



TTiP gall blad 



cutting 



der was contracfled to a very fmall fize, and contained not more 

 than a quarter of an ounce of a thick, glutinous, and almoil 

 infpiflated fubfl:ance, refembling pitch. There were no marks 

 of any confiderable quantity of the bile having been lately 

 contained in the fack, and none oi" the neighbouring parts had 

 the leaft tinge that denoted its prefence. On cutting through 



the ducflus communis choledochus 



bile iflfued from the 



aperture ; the hep 



dud: had alfo evidently for fome tmie 



^ 



ceafed to tranfmit its fluid from die li^' 

 hibited an enormous diflenfion of its ^ 



The fl:omach ex- 



efpecially round 



. The 



the pylorus, and had every mark of great inflammation. ■ 

 intellines, in general, were in the fame date with the fl^omach 



the finaller wg:e confiderably diftended, and the larger con 



traded. 



