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in three cases I have seen a pair of vertical or obhque incisions — 
one in each buttock (Pl.V, figure 1, 2) through which the packing 
was done ; in most cases, even when the material is introduced 
partly from the lumbar and gluteal incisions just referred to, part 
of the mud or linen was introduced from the perineal wound that 
was made when the pelvic viscera were removed from the body 
cavity. Other channels are in some cases made directly from the 
pelvis through the great sciatic notches. 
In one case the upper part of the back was packed through a 
vertical mesial incision (figure 1,/) over the second and third 
dorsal spines (PI. V, figure 1 and PI. YI, figure 1). In another 
case this region was packed with linen introduced at the arm- 
incision in front of the shoulder and pushed backward between 
the scapula and the chest wall (PI. IX, figure 3). In yet an- 
other case a small puncture had been made on each side below the 
angle of the scapula (figure 1, //). In another two extensive 
vertical incisions had been made alongside the lumbar spines. In 
the case of an extremely emaciated old woman called Nesi-Tet- 
Neh-Taui a curious state of affairs was revealed. Large open 
ante-mortem wounds — possibly bedsores — were found on the back 
between the shoulders and on each buttock. These had been 
made use of for the purpose of packing the back and then two 
square sheets of fine leather ( ? Gazelle-skin) had been applied to 
cover the upper wound and the w^hole buttock respectively (PI. 
IX, figure 1 and 2). These sheets had been sewn to the healthy 
skin beyond the sores and the edges hidden by strips of linen 
which were smeared with a resinous paste. A large opening — 
possibly an abscess or sinus — extended transversely from the left 
pudendal labium outward into the buttock ; this had been sewn 
up with string. 
A long ulcer on the back of the leg had been covered up by a 
sheet of linen soaked in a solution of resin. 
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