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extended as far as the pubic region. In one case the scrotum 
was a large hollow sac (? perhaps the result of hernia) and the 
mud packing blocked the orifice of the scrotal lumen. 
On the Manipulations in and around the Face. 
The mouth and the naso-pharynx were sometimes packed with 
linen (PI. XIII, figure 2), with or without resin, sometimes with 
mud or sawdust, but usually with a white material. This latter 
substance has a greasy feel when rubbed between the fingers and 
emits a strong odour like cream cheese. Dr. Schmidt has been 
able to identify carbonate of soda, valerianic acid, butyric acid 
and fatty material and states that they are probably the decompos- 
ition products of a mixture of butter and soda. 
The same material is often found stuffed into the cheeks also 
(PI. XIV, figure 1). In other cases hnen (PI. XIII, figure 2), 
sawdust (PI. IV, figure 2) or mud occupies this place. I have 
not been able to find any definite evidence of incisions in the 
mouth cavity beyond a slight elongation of the opening of the 
mouth in some cases. On the other hand it is often possible to 
identify not only the tongue, soft palate, epiglottis and larynx, 
but also the floor of the mouth in a perfectly complete and 
undamaged state. 
I can find no evidence whatever in support of Dr. Fouquet's 
statement that incisions were made in the floor of the mouth for 
the purpose of packing the neck. Not only is the floor of the 
mouth intact but the neck is packed from below, i. e., from the 
body cavity. 
The nose sometimes contains the same sort of packing material 
as the mouth and nasopharynx but as a rule it is only partly 
fiUed with resin and linen which have fallen into the nasal fossae 
during the packing of the cranium (PI. I). The nostrils are 
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