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This Relation feemed ftrange, but upon the diffeaion 
we found fuSicient reafon to believe the account. 
When ¥/e had opeaed the Abdomen there appeared 
nouQ bf tWVi^^ the Belly, except the 
Liver, the Kidneys, Vej7ca Urinaria^ and Intejlimm Re- 
Hum. We at firft imagined that the other Inteftincs 
might be covered by the Liver, vt'hich, tho it be com- 
monly large in Children, in this exceeded the ufual fize 5 
but upon turning of it up towards the Diaphragm, we 
only found under its concave part, the Stomach, not 
lying in its natural pofture, for the Pj/lorm was drawn 
by the Duodenum crofs the Vertehm of the Back towards 
the Fundw Vtmrlmli^ and part of the Duodenum paffed 
thro a Foramen in the Diaphragm, placed on the Left 
fide of that thro which the GuU defcends, which occa- 
fion'd the Pj/loruf to lye almoft Jkh Fundo Ventriculu We 
then refolved to trace the Re&um from the Anm upward, 
not doubting but that it would lead us to the Mefente- 
ry and Inteftines. The ReBum^ we found, lay in an 
oblique line from the Anus to this new Foramen^2iuA was 
received into it with a Portion of the Duodenum. This 
Foramen feemed to be formed by Nature, a frimo OrtUy 
for tranfmitting thofe Guts into the Thorax ^ for had it 
been made by any Force^ its fides would have appeared 
wounded, or lacerated 3 but on the contrary, round this 
Orifice there was a fmooth Verge, as is feen in Formnne 
Ven£ Cavte pervWy or that, per quod Gula defcendit. A. 
Sketch of the Diaphragm v^ith its Perforations I have 
here attempted, and wiflri I were able to fend you a 
Draught di the Middle PvCgion (which indeed was very 
ftrpriziog) if might t;ender this account more intelligible, 
than my defcripfion'tan pretend to. 
When, we took off the ^tmntm. we faw the Mefente- 
xy cum adjunBk Intejiink in the Cavity of the Thorax^ 
and lying upon the Heart and Lungs. There was no 
Ome^ntim fpread over the Inteftines 3 that, as I remcm- 
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