1870. | PROF. W. H. FLOWER ON 4 LURUS FULGENS. 761 
ascending branch of the aorta, reaching as far as the origin of the 
right subclavian. 
The pericardium is loaded with fat. The heart is rather a nar- 
row cone in form, with a rounded apex. Its length is 2"; its 
greatest thickness from side to side 1°5", from before backwards 
£3!" 
The aorta gives off two main branches. The first, or innominate, 
ascends for 11", when it gives off the right subclavian; after a 
further course of °3" it bifureates into the two carotids. The left 
subclavian is given off from the aorta ‘1 beyond the innominate. 
The red blood-corpuscles were measured by Mr. Gulliver, who 
ascertained that their average diameter was ;~;; of an inch, thus 
nearly corresponding with those of Procyon, Nasua, and Meles*. 
ABDOMINAL VISCERA, 
On opening the abdominal cavity, no portion of the liver was 
visible below the margins of the ribs. The stomach was highly 
distended with gas; its lower border was 6 inches below the inferior 
extemity of the sternum. The omentum extended to halfway be- 
tween the lower border of the stomach and the pubis, and was 
loaded with fat, disposed in ribbon-like flakes, filling up the sulci be- 
tween the intestinal convolutions. The tongue-shaped extremity of 
the bright-red spleen was seen applied to the lower part of the left 
side of the stomach. The nearly empty bladder, with the urachus, 
could be seen at the lower extremity of the abdominal cavity; the 
space between this viscus aud the lower border of the stomach was 
occupied by the intestinal convolutions. The subperitoneal fat was 
very abundant, especially at the posterior portion of the abdominal 
cavity in the lumbar region below the kidneys. 
The stomach (fig. 6), when moderately distended was in the form 
of a short oval, with the greatest diameter about the middle. The 
fundus was not very large, the cesophagus entering near the cardiac 
extremity. The pyloric portion was narrow and tubular, marked by 
a slight constriction from the main part of the viscus, and sharply 
bent upwards and to the left; being held by a peritoneal fold close 
to the upper border (or lesser curvature) of the main part of the 
stomach. The pylorus is thus brought very near to the cesophagus, 
and turned directly upwards. The walls of the stomach were 
thin, except at the pyloric end, where the circular muscular fibres 
were strongly developed. 
The duodenum, at its commencement, was 4 inch in diameter, but 
rapidly widened to linch. The entire length of the intestinal canal 
from pylorus to anus was 8 feet 8 inches. There was no cecum or 
any perceptible distinction externally between ileum and colon, as 
the calibre of the tube gradually diminished from the end of the 
duodenum to the commencement of the rectum, where it was again 
slightly enlarged. The descending colon passed almost straight to 
the rectum, inclining slightly from the left to the mesial line of 
* See P. Z.8. 1870, p. 94. 
