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the tliomcic visct^ra were t'ouuil pciicctly liealtliy, 

 mi ^£mng frouj caang-utan,* in being 

 ftubdi^dsd OA tfie aif lit luit^ having 



throe, aiiil the left t#& tobes, as in tlie human 

 suhjoct. Tlic hings were perfectly free from 

 tubercles ; the spleen was heahhy, of small size, 

 mi fofeuifttrf lit 0ii€K extremity ; the Kyetf urA^ 

 large mxdh^i^ ; di€emce ia size betwi@^ii 

 ^a^t &t^xt and the spleen was considerable, in 

 comparison with the relative ])roportion? of those 

 organs in the human subject. Mr. Owen (Iocs 

 not remark, in the dissection of the orang-utan^ 

 wheiSi^a' ibl^ ^^mce of ske in ilie iim mgrns 

 exists also in that animal ; the gall-bhulih'r enu- 

 tainod a small quantity of dark, tliiek, and 

 viscid bile ; sevt^ral of the mesentrrie u'laiids 

 were enlarged, some being of a white, others of 



On la jliig' i^pen ttte imoiieiium, it was found 



to contain a quantity of mucus, slightly tinged 

 with bile ; the colon and eo'cuni were full uf 

 liq^iiid bilious fu'ces, mi.xed with mucus, and 

 several small ulcerated patches were seen on the 

 inn^ surface, and a dark spotted appearance at 



* The lungs in the orang-utan are entire on each side, 



not Stvided tutd lob^* Se« f«i^ Mm^ Wt* Omti'* 



Dissft'tinn ol" the OiLUtfj-utan. lu I, ot the JPf0e^diHff$ 



the Zoohgiati Sovhit/ of J.on<hu. 



