i^i Account of the DlfcBlh'h of three Perfons » 



traded. The fpleen was iiilcomm6nly turgid, but in other 

 refpedls in its natural flate. The peritonaeun^ on the under 

 fide of the diaphragm, and the pleura on the upper, bore the 

 veftiges of inflammation, but no other parts of thofe mem- 

 branes appeared to have been difeafed. 



The omentum was confiderably thickened, and from the 

 turgefcence of its blood veflels, of a colour unufually dark. 

 There were no appearances in the thoracic or abdominal vif- 

 cera, of fuppuration, nor was any degree of fetor perceived to 

 arife from them ; nor was there the leaft mark of incipient 

 putrefadlion in any part of the body. It may be proper to 



remark on this cafe, that in every ftage of the difeafe, the diA 

 thaxges from, the bowels were of the colour and confiflence of 

 Water cruel, excepting a xc-w c-»-o.cvifl,tioi:us wi* ii matter linular to 



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what is called the black vomit ; .and that this ufually fatal 

 fymptom had alfo preceded the patient's death "oil the fourth 

 day of the difeafe. 



The fecond cafe. The fubjedl of this diiTedipn was the 

 body of a perfon who died on the 12th day from the attack, 

 with fymptoms of the mixed kind ; a remiffion of the difeafe 



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had taken place, at the period ufually critical, upon which, on 

 the fixth day, a delirium enfued, and continued to the moment 



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of fatal termination. 



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On opening Ae cranium, the brain was found to have its 

 veflels aftonifliingly diftended with blood, an ounce or two of 



ferum was effufed bettveen the dura and pia mater. Under 



the 



