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vessel which is bent to the left, giving at the concave portion a 

 branch that divides into two, which are apparently the pulmonary 

 arteries. At the convexity other branches also arise. This 

 common vessel has three semilunar cusps, and behind the left 

 and anterior ones the coronary arteries arise. There is a cord- 

 like transparent tissue that has a thick center and thin ends that 

 is fastened about the middle of the attachment of the anterior 

 and right cusps. The upper part of the interventricular septum 

 is concave, and anteriorly the end is between the left and right 

 cusp and posteriorly between the posterior and left, so that two 

 cusps are in the right ventricle and one in the left. The left iliac 

 artery has a larger caliber than the right. 



The lungs resemble the spread wings of a bird due to anoma- 

 lous indentations, for the left has three lobes. 



A Meckel's diverticulum is found 50 centimeters above the 

 ileocaecal valve, which measures 3 centimeters in length and 

 has a square blunt end. 



The left kidney is elongated and has the shape of a question 

 mark. It seems to be composed of two leaflike parts; each one 

 has a tube which runs into a common ureter. The right is 

 more rounded and looks like the left with the only difference 

 that it has three parts and three tubes instead of two. 



This baby died of acute gastroenterocolitis. 



Autopsy Jf.177. — The next case is interesting, for the baby 

 was delivered normally at the obstetrical department of the 

 Philippine General Hospital and after two days showed symp- 

 toms of intestinal obstruction. At autopsy there were omental 

 adhesions and marked fibrous adhesions in the peritoneal cavity 

 that bound the coils of intestine to each other and to the perito- 

 neum beneath the umbilicus. The coils of the lower part of 

 the ileum are represented only by a fibrous cord, and the intestinal 

 lumen above this is distended, while the colon has a diameter of 

 only 4 millimeters from serosa to serosa. 



GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES 



It is a known fact that infant feeding in health or in disease 

 is one of the hardest problems that the pediatrician has to contend 

 with and probably more so in our country where "the milk of 

 beriberic women instead of being a blessing to the child turns 

 to be a curse sometimes." Artificial feeding in the Philippines is 

 difficult, for the poorer class cannot keep the milk on ice, and 

 the temperature favors the development of bacteria in it. The 

 time of weaning is also a period that worries the mother and the 



