212 DR. J. MURIE ON THE ANATOMY (Feb. 14, 
circumference of 24 inches, and somewhat of a barrel-shape within. 
The mucous rugze were in bands, extending transversely to its long 
diameter, and of a pinkish hue. It likewise was empty. 
The fourth cavity was just 2 inches longer than the one before and 
of asimilar shape, its circumference 25 inches, contracting at the in- 
testinal outlet to 14 inches. It had no visible contents; the mucous 
membrane was stained of a yellowish biliary colour. 
Fig. 2. 
Stomach: 1, 2, 3, 4, the first, second, third, and fourth cavities; an indicator is 
passed through the contracted orifices of each. a. Gisophagus ; b. Small 
intestines. 
The small intestines commenced by a narrowing of the last stomach, 
the pyloric orifice being surrounded by a fold of mucous membrane. 
They continued with an approximate circumference of from 7 to 11 
inches for a total length of 248 feet. The intestines were void of 
contents, except a sprinkling on their surface of a white powdery- 
looking substance. The mucous membrane was of a yellowish-red 
tinge ; its folds were of two kinds, the one in longitudinal fringes, 
crossed by innumerable transverse ones, the whole forming a series 
of cavities of two sizes. The average size of the one kind of these 
cavities was 6 inches by 2, of the other, the smaller-sized, from 2 to 
3 inches in the one direction, and in the other but one-half that 
size, while the free fold itself had a general depth of from 1 to 
2 inches. 
