186 MESSRS. BEDDAED AND TEEVES ON THE 



Mouth-cavity. 

 The accompanying drawing (fig. 1, p. 184) illustrates the ridges upon the hard 

 palate, which have not been figured in any other species, and only described briefly in 

 the Sumatran Rhinoceros by Garrod. These ridges may prove to be distinctive of the 

 species ; but in the meantime the material for comparison is so meagre that we prefer 

 to let the figure speak for itself. 



Abdomen. 



The abdomen was opened within thirty-six hours after death. Previous to the 

 dissection the arterial system had been injected from the right carotid with plaster of 

 Paris. The injection proved to be completely successful, the abdominal arteries being 

 occupied down to their smallest visible branches. 



On opening the peritoneal cavity the stomach and intestines were found to be much 

 distended. The stomach contained a fair amount of food, and was the seat of an acute 

 gastritis. The small intestine was moderately and equally occupied, but the whole of 

 the colon was greatly distended, the caecum especially being very tightly packed with 

 incompletely digested food. It would appear as if, during life, some obstruction in the 

 lower bowel had been brought about by faecal accumulation. 



The following appearance was presented by the viscera when examined in situ 

 (fig. 2, p. 185). The hypogastric, right iliac, and right lumbar regions were entirely 

 occupied by the enormous caecum (C). It was so placed that its long axis was 

 represented by a line drawn from right to left and from behind downwards and 

 forwards. The apex of the caecum was found deep in the pelvis. Above the caecum 

 was another greatly distended segment of the large intestine (Col.) ; its long axis was 

 parallel with that of the caput coli ; it filled a great part of the umbilical and right 

 hypochondriac regions, and was in contact by its upper border with the stomach. 

 Subsequent examination showed that it represented the root of the returning limb 

 of the colic loop or the part where the bowel forming this loop was passing into the 

 descending colon. 



The epigastric region was occupied wholly by the stomach (St.) and spleen (Sp.) ; the 

 latter viscus was lying in contact with the greater curvature of the stomach, and its 

 lower end extended as far as the middle line. The left hypochondriac, lumbar, and iliac 

 regions, and the left side of the umbilical district presented nothing but coils of the 

 small intestine (S.I.) and two loops of the descending colon (D.C.). Some part of the 

 great omentum (G.O.) was exposed to the right of the median line lying between the 

 stomach and the colon ; it was rolled up, and took no part in covering the viscera. 

 The pelvis was occupied solely by the end of the caecum, the rectum, and the bladder. 



