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: The kidneys, of a flattened, lozenge-like shape, were formed, 
. 9s usual, of an aggregation of small glands about the size of 
afilbert. One of them measured 19 inches in length, 14 inches 
at the broadest part, and 2 inches thick. There was no marked 
pelvis at the commencement of the ureter. The bladder was 
1 small and flaccid, containing scarcely any fluid; before being 
à opened it measured 10 inches in length and 4! inches across 
-  fhe fundus. Mucous and muscular coats not remarkable. 
Í The urethra, which opened close to the clitoris was 11 inches 
; in length, and one inch transversely when cut open ; muscular 
Coat quite thick. 
Of the genital organs. The external fissure, 8 inches in 
length and 2: inches deep, received the opening of the vagina 
about midway, and posteriorly the rectum ; anteriorly was the 
clitoris, a dense, greyish organ, having somewhat the form of 
a patrot’s beak, and measuring 1; inches in its two principal 
diameters, Outlet of vagina transverse and contracted, the 
posterior lip being a very thick, rounded mass ; outlet of rec- 
tum also surrounded by numerous, rounded masses of the size 
of filberts. The whole canal, from the outlet to the division 
into the cornua uteri, which was quite abrupt, measured 
32 inches; the first 12 inches were smooth, and measured 
x 1j inches transversely when cut open, gradually diminishing 
.  Wierwards to 3 inches at the bifurcation. Where it began to 
Contract, transverse rug: were seen, and soon became as 
Strongly developed as in the ruminants, or even more so, be- 
ng 5 inch in width and almost overlapping; these are also 
TOSed by an infinity of longitudinal ruge. "The muscular 
n" va 2 or 2! lines thick, and extended up into the ruge, —— 
becoming thinner in the upper part of the uterus and in the - 
: fiie Superiorly, the transverse rugæ became less d, 
and just below the bifurcation they nearly or quite disap 
AS in the ruminants, the limit between the vagina and the 
_ “Uterus was not marked. One of the cornua only was exam- 
ined ; this was 19 inches in length, and 3 inches transversely 
When eut open; longitudinal rugæ on the immer surface very 
