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The pharynx was very muscular. The lining membrane of the 

 asophagus was disposed, in its upper third, in longitudinal plioB, 

 and throughout the rest of its extent in transverse folds resembling 

 thickly placed valvuUe conniventes, becoming more numerous and 

 smaller towards the stomach. The tonsils were exceedingly small, 

 consisting of three or four little glandular patches under the mucous 

 membrane. The apex of the epiglottis was obtusely pointed, and 

 much curled towards the tongue : the frcenum epiglottidis contained 

 a powerful muscle serving to raise the epiglottis : the aryteno-epi- 

 glottidean ligament was so studded with mucous follicles as to repre- 

 sent glandular masses. The dorsum of the tongue, 10 inches in 

 length, was thickly studded with retroverted spines, which towards 

 the posterior part became converted into loose, triangular, fleshy 

 appendages attached here and there to the surface. 



The supra-renal glands were imbedded in fat and situated about 

 1 inch internal to the anterior extremity of the kidneys ; their length 

 was 2^ inches, their breadth 1 inch. The kidneys were 4 inches in 

 length, 2^ in breadth, and 2l in thickness. They had the ordinary 

 position and form, and exhibited on their surface the arborescent 

 vessels observable in the Felida and Fiverridca generally. Their cor- 

 tical and tubular portions were beautifully distinct; the medium 

 thickness of the former being 3 lines. One papilla received the 

 tubuli uriniferi of the whole kidney. The ureters terminated about 

 ] inch from the neck of the bladder. The urinary bladder, of an 

 oval shape and 6 inches in length, was so small that without disten- 

 sion it would not have contained more than three or four ounces of 

 fluid. 



The prostate gland was 4 of an inch in diameter and 4ths in 

 thickness; its form was circular, flattened from before backwards; 

 it was placed behind the neck of the bladder, which it did not em- 

 brace. When cut into, its substance exhibited a rosy white colour. 

 Its secretion resembled whey, and was poured into the urethra through 

 several little orifices on each side of the verumontanum, which was a 

 little eminence half an inch in length. The vasa deferentia terminated 

 with the ducts of the prostate. Nothing analogous to vesiculte se- 

 minales was observed. Cowper's glands were of the size of mode- 

 rately large hazel-nuts, surrounded by a strong muscular envelope; 

 on cutting through this case the glandular masses were found to be 

 of the size of large peas, the remainder of the bulk being made up 

 by the thickness of the muscular covering; their secretion was poured 

 out by two ducts into the bulbous portion of the urethra. The 

 urethra was 94- inches in length; its mucous lining presented no la- 

 cuncp, and was, when slit open, -l^ths of an inch broad at the veru- 

 montanum, 4- at the membranous portion, -f at the bulb, and about 

 -Iths throughout the rest of its extent. The penis was 5 J^ inches in 

 length ; the glans measuring iths of an inch and being of a conical 

 form ending in a sharp point; its surface was studded with minute 

 papilla', but was quite smooth; it inclosed an ossiculum 4 of an inch 

 in length. 



The morbid appearances observed consisted of tubercular disease 

 of the lungs, with rupture of the air cells in several places. 



