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An OhfcYvAtlon made by Learned Dr, Saiiipfon of a 
Amtomifed^ rvhofe Bovpelsvpere found inverted. 
MR. J.D. fometinies a Minifter in Torl{(bire^ was troubled 
with a Cough, and other Mifcbiefs ; for relief againft 
wHich he took a journey to London^ and that, for the moft 
part,onfoot: He lived not above a fortnight after he came up.- 
In his Sicknefs he was much addi fled to drink Brandy, which 
haftened his death. I opened his Body with the affiftance of 
two other Phyfitians, Dr. CL. and Dr.^JTK. 
We obferved his Limbs to be much macerated , his Belly 
was fwel led with fome inequality, efpecially in the t raft of 
the right Mufcles : Acbnfiderable quantity of water was ta- 
kenoutof it ; His Guts inflamed, and extended with wind 5 
his Gall very vifcid ; his Lungs inflamed, arid befet with di- 
vers glanduls. But that which moft of all furprifedus, was 
the Inverted order of his Bowels : His Liver, which was ve- 
ry large, lay in the left hypochondre, and his Spleen in the 
right ^ the Cone af his Heart was on the right fide, and accord- 
ingly, the larger and thinner Ventricle was found on the left ; 
and the thick one, which in others is on the left fide,was in him 
on the right. The gredt Artery defcended on the right fide, 
and the Vem Cava afcended by his Liver on the left. The Oe- 
fophagus defcended to the firft orifice of the ftotbach on 
the right fide,which made the Pylorus and Entrance of the Pan- 
^^<f^ be on the left, and the firft flexure of the final! Guts to 
: i>e towards the right : So that the beginning of the Cokn, with 
it's dppendkuta^ lay at the left Os Uion^ and the fexura Sigmoi- 
^1^^ towards the right. Other things, that neceflarily follow- 
ed this fite, need not be mentioned. 
It was not thought on to enquire, on which fide the haBe- 
otfs Thoracic duSfus afcended dr where it ended 5 nor, on which 
fide the recurrent Nerves took their places of returning about 
the crunks of the great Artery and the Axillary ; nor had we 
rime to do ir. 
• ThisPerfon was never obferved in his life time to have any 
diftemper, or ufage,which might difcover this inverted fituati- 
onof his Bowels, nor had this contrapofition any evident in- 
fluence 
