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terior aspect. The testes were of considerable magnitude, and in- 

 closed in a pendent scrotum, which was very conspicuous. 



" On opening the abdomen, two portions of the liver covering the 

 stomach, the spleen with its upper end also lying upon tlie stomach, 

 the left kidney, a section of the great curvature of the stomach, 

 and the convolutions of the intestines, were presented to view. 



"The liver consisted of a middle and a left lobe having an ante- 

 rior aspect, and of a right lobe having a dorsal aspect, covered en- 

 tirely by the right portion of the middle lobe. This middle lobe 

 had two fissures ; that to the left for the insertion of the %awzra;M>?« 

 latum ; that to the right, admitting the gall-bladder to appear; the 

 bladder itself being situated near the edge, on the under side of 

 the lobe, in a continuation of the fissure. On opening the abdomen, 

 the gall-bladder as well as the lobe in which it is situated, cannot 

 immediately be seen, owing to its dorsal inclination. The gall- 

 bladder was very small, being about 3 lines in length : what 

 struck me, however, as being very remarkable, was that, contrary 

 to the general rule, its neck, or apex, was on the edge of the liver, 

 ilsjundns being inwards ; so that the duct made an acute turn at 

 its commencement, and then proceeded along the body of the 

 bladder ; leaving this, it continued for half an inch, and then re- 

 ceived two or thi-ee auxiliary hepatic ducts ; and after a further 

 course of the third of an inch, it entered the duodenum little more 

 than a quarter of an inch below the pylorus. 



" The spleen was long and slender, measuring 1 inch by a quar- 

 ter : it was attached pretty closely to the stomacli. 



*' Of the intestinal canal the duodenum was the largest in cir- 

 cumference ; it gradually diminished to the average measure, which 

 was rather more than half an inch, that of the large intestines, if 

 we may so call them, being scarcely so much. The length of the 

 small intestines was 1 foot ; that of the large, 8 inches. The 

 stomach was somewhat oval, and the oesophageal and pyloric ori- 

 fices were distant only 3 lines ; the measurement of the greater 

 curvature was 2^ inches; die circumference, when moderately dis- 

 tended, 2^. The ccBcum, somewhat enlarged at its base, was about 

 H inch in length, and terminated in a blunt apex. 



The kidneys were compressed in form, and half an inch in length ; 

 the tuhuli converged in one large distinct conical papilla. The 

 supra-renal glands were closely attached to their upper and inner 

 part, and were of the size of small peas. 



" The lungs consisted of two lobes on the left, and three on the 

 right side. The heart was pointed ; its length being half an inch. 



" The tongue was pointed, and 1 inch in length : its surface 

 was velvety, with soft, small, delicate papillcB. 



" The thyroid glands were oval, and little larger than pin. heads. 



" The submaxillary glands were large. 



" The cesojjhagus was smooth on its internal surface. 



" The trachea consisted of nineteen or twenty rings. 



" The sexual organs were next examined. The length of the penis 

 from the piibes was 1 inch ; the erectores muscles were large and 



