S08 
Dr. Granville's essay on 
side of the abdomen, as stated by Herodotus, and as proved 
by some of the mummies examined ; and in others through 
the anus, in which latter case, the extremity of the rectum 
was previously disengaged from its attachments all round by 
the knife, and the intestines imperfectly extracted. The 
cavity of the thorax in the most perfect specimens was not 
disturbed. 
B. The head was emptied, in all instances, of its contents, 
either through the nostrils, by breaking through the supe- 
rior nasal bones, as in the instance under our consideration, 
as well as in that of the head from Tripoli, already mentioned, 
or through one of the orbits, the eyes being previously taken 
out, and artificial ones -substituted in their place, after the 
operation, as in the instances of the mummies examined by 
Sir E. Home and Mr. Brodie. The cavity of the cranium was 
repeatedly washed out by injections with some fluid, which 
had the power of not only bringing away every vestige of 
the substance of the brain, but even of the enveloping mem- ' 
branes of it. Yet the liquid could not have been of a corro- 
sive nature, else the tentorium, or that membranous floor 
which supports the brain must have disappeared with the 
meninges ; whereas it is still in existence, and does not appear 
to have been in the least injured. A small quantity of hot. 
liquid rosin was then injected into the cranium. 
C. The next step taken in the embalming process, was to 
cover the body with quick lime for a few hours, and after to 
rub the surface of it with a blunt knife, or some such instru- 
ment as would most effectually assist in removing the cuticle. 
The scalp, however, does not appear to have been touched ; 
and care was taken also not to expose the root of the nails 
