— 2'.) — 
readily demonstrated, but the mucous membrane appeared to have completely dis- 
appeared. 
The intestines of that child much resembled those of the Roman child, except Greek- child. 
that the whole rectum and large intestine, as far as the top of the sygmoid llexure. was 
filled up by an enormous mass of material. So distended was the rectum that it filled 
practically the whole of the pelvis. It is difficult to believe that this was the normal con- 
dition of things, and it is probable that there had been complete intestinal obstruction, 
although no stricture nor cause for that obstruction could be discovered. The rest of the 
intestines were quite empty. Microscopically the state of the intestines was exactly 
that of the Roman child. 
My friend Mr. A. Lucas kindly analysed the contents of the rectum for me and 
found the following chemical composition : 
Fatty matter 28,1 o/^ 
Vegetable tissue (not identified) 26,6 "/g 
Mineral matter (insoluble in water) chiefly phosphates 5,2 "/o 
Sodium chloride 9,8 o/o 
Organic matter (soluble in water, not identified) . 14,0 "/q 
„ alcohol, „ „ . . 16,3 o/o 
100,0 o/o 
The extraordinary fact is the amount of sodium chloride, which is far larger than 
is usually contained in faeces. In this connection one must remember that this salt was 
a favourite ingredient of medicines and enemata of the old Egyptians. 
STOMACH. 
I have only examined one stomach histologically, namely the one depicted in XXIst dynasty. 
Plate II. Figs. 1 and 2. It was as hard as stone and when broken across showed a 
distinctly resinous fracture. Microscopically the muscular coats were easily seen, though 
the mucous membrane had completely disappeared. This may have been due to auto- 
digestion before death. 
TESTICLES. 
In one mummy of the XXIst dynasty the left testicle could not be found at all, 
and its place was filled by a quantity of earth which had been pushed in from above. 
