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ger than ordinary. A very large Vein of the Dura 
M^ter enter'd the Longitudinal 5/>?/^/, diredly forwards 
towards theCri/r^ c^///^ contrary to the Courfe of the 
Plood. 
The pU Mater was very much diftended, and feem'd 
to be ftretch'd as much as it cou'd hear. It lay fmooth 
and equal upon the Surface of jlie^ Brain , there being 
neither any Circumvolutions m the Brain for it to go 
between, nor any Partition to the Corpus CaUufum^ tho' 
there w^as a large Falx in the Di*ra AUter. The lateral 
Ventricles were v^ry thin : Towards the Cerehellum 
their upper part w^s quite wafted, fo that nothing was 
left to cover the Cavity in that place, but the pU Mater. 
This was fo thin, that in ftooping down the Head to 
empty the Water, it broke and hindred us from knowing 
exadly how much Water the Lateral Ventricles con- 
tainM ; but by their Cavity, which was very large, 
one might ghefsthey held at leaft a Pint each : The 
5d. and 4th. Ventricle had fome httle Water in them, 
but were fcarce larger than ufual , as Stem hath obferv'd 
in his Hjdrocefhalous Calf. 
The Brain had all its Parts plain and intirc, tho' its 
Subftance in moft places was but very thin and loofe; 
About the Corf or a striata ^ ThaUmi nervorum Opicorum 
it was tolerably thick, and firm enough, tho' nothing to 
what it is in a natural State* 
^ho. Cerebrum Cerebellum^ when laid out in their 
right Pofition were 1 1 Inches long 3 the Cerebrum, crofs 
the lateral Ventricles, 9 broad. After all the Water was 
taken out, both of them we^igh'd, lib. i ff. 
The Corpora Striata (jr lhalami Nervorum Opticorum 
were very fmall in all their Dimenfions ^ within fide to- 
ward the Ventricles rhey were wrinkled and lay in 
folds, like thofe in the inner Coat of the Stomach. 
In the Corpora Striata there were no Strio^ difcernible. 
The 
