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kft Kidney had nothing amifs; but the right was twice 
as little, and had its Pelvis thrice ss bigg; which dif- 
covered the caufe of the eafie defcent of the Stones. We 
found in the Bladder a little Stone, thatfeem'd to have 
fallen into it a few days before. 
When the Sternum was taken off, the Lungs appear- 
ed wither'd, with fome mark of corruption on the back- 
fide. The Heart was bigger than ordinary, and the fides 
of the left Ventricle felt harder and thicker in fome pla- 
ces then others ; yet there was no Polypus found in ei- 
ther of the Ventricles, though there was ground to fuf- 
ped it. 
At laft the Skull being cut afundcr, the true caufe of 
his death was difcover'd, for the right Ventricle of the 
Brain contain d almoft two Ounces of extra vafa ted Blood, 
and the left Ventricle was fwell'd with a thick and yel- 
low fort of Phlegm, which weigh'd more than an Ounce. 
Moreover the Dura Mater ftuck clofer to the Skull than 
is ufual. 
This proves that the conglobated Clands in the whole 
Body,had thrown into the Maft of Blood an Acid lymph, 
and that the conglomerated Glands of the Hypochon- 
dria, efpecially thofe of the Liver had thrown into it a 
melancholy Humor, and that thefe two forts of Humors 
being carried into the Veflels of the Brain, had difpos'd 
the Blood to coagulate there, and that having there cor- 
roded and broken the Tunicles which ferv'd for a ftop 
to them, they had run into the Cavities, where they 
caufed death without a Remedy. 
But the lofs which the Commonwealth of learning 
fufiers by the death of our dear Friend, will be in fome 
n^afure made up by his Pofthumous Book, which com- 
prehends different Apologies, according to the order of 
the Years they were written. There he defends his own 
Sentiments with a fweetnefs and moderation that are 
not common. One 
