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Dr Handyside made a careful dissection ; and I give the 

 appearances observed by him, which he has kindly com- 

 municated to me : — 



" I. Surface of Body. 



"1. Hypogastric region presented three medullary tu- 

 mours : one, the size of a pigeon's egg, on the line of the 

 linea alba, with a moist ulcerated surface, and involving 

 only the textures over the abdominal fascia ; the second and 

 third smaller in size, and flatter in form, occupying the 

 right and left pubic regions, and firmer in texture than the 

 one above. 



" 2. Eight eye covered over with a thin opaque film, and 

 the bulk of the globe of the eye less than that of the other 

 side. 



"II. Deeper Parts, 



" 1. Chest. — Heart healthy, but its walls thin and flaccid ; 

 lungs a mass of ripe and suppurated tubercle ; pleura partly 

 adherent. 



" 2. Abdomen. — Liver of a hard and condensed character, 

 with an orange tinge. A scrofulous nodule, the size of a 

 large pea, projected from the right edge of this organ. 



" 3. Pelvis. — The right ovary presented on its surface a 

 bloody cyst, the size of a small bean. 



" III. The entire muscular and adipose tissues seemed 

 deficient in bulk and firmness. No other morbid or un- 

 natural appearances were recognised." 



This examination was quite satisfactory, except in one 

 respect. I had presumed that the ball had penetrated the 

 orbit, and that some trace of its lodgment behind would be 

 observed. None such was discovered ; and it has been 

 imagined that the idea of its having been so lodged was a 

 mistake ; and that the ball, having been accidentally taken 

 into the mouth along with food, was put out when its pre- 

 sence was uncomfortable. I can only say that the whole 

 circumstances of the case make my idea the probable one 



