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Dr Handjside made a careful dissection ; and I give the 
appearances observed by him, which he has kindly com- 
municated to me : — 
" I. Surface of Body. 
" 1. Hypogastric region presented three medullary tu- 
mours : one, the size of a pigeon's egg, on the line of the 
linea alba, with a moist ulcerated surface, and involving 
only the textures over the abdominal fascia ; the second and 
third smaller in size, and flatter in form, occupying the 
right and left pubic regions, and firmer in texture than the 
one above. 
" 2. Eight eye covered over with a thin opaque film, and 
the bulk of the globe of the eye less than that of the other 
side. 
'^11. Deeper Parts. 
" 1. Chest. — Heart healthy, but its walls thin and flaccid ; 
lungs a mass of ripe and suppurated tubercle ; pleura partly 
adherent. 
" 2. Abdomen. — Liver of a hard and condensed character, 
with an orange tinge. A scrofulous nodule, the size of a 
large pea, projected from the right edge of this organ. 
" 3. Pelvis. — The right ovary presented on its surface a 
bloody cyst, the size of a small bean. 
" III. The entire muscular and adipose tissues seemed 
deficient in bulk and firmness. No other morbid or un- 
natural appearances were recognised." 
This examination was quite satisfactory, except in one 
respect. I had presumed that the ball had penetrated the 
orbit, and that some trace of its lodgment behind would be 
observed. None such was discovered ; and it has been 
imagined that the idea of its having been so lodged was a 
mistake ; and that the ball, having been accidentally taken 
into the mouth along with food, was put out when its pre- 
sence was uncomfortable. I can only say that the whole 
circumstances of the case make my idea the probable one 
