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was here and there veficated, or diftended with Serum. 
Of this there was no Appearance before Death. 
The Mufcles of the Abdomen had a Mortified Appea- 
rance, being a blackifh green Colour. The Liver was 
intirely fphacelated. The Slpeen had large mortified 
Spots on its Surface : Both thefe Parts were fpecificaliy 
lighter than in the Natural States infomucb, that Por- 
tions of each of them fwam on the Surface of Water, 
and feemed to have more Air in them than we common- 
ly find in the Lungs in their Natural State. The reft 
of the Vifcera in this lower Cavity were not in fo ill 
a State 5 tho’ the Guts had here and there blackifh Spots 
on them. 
The Pe&oral Mufcles were in little better State than 
thofe of the Abdomen $ nor were the Intercoftal Mufcles 
like thofe of the Limbs. I am apt to think all the 
Mufcles imployed in Refpiration, had more or Iefs of 
this Blackifh Appearance. The Right Lobes of the 
Lungs were difeafed 5 and the fame fide of the Thorax 
bad a fmall quantity of Serum in it. The Lungs on the 
other fide were in no ill Condition. The Heart was 
very flaccid and large : The Right Ventricle and Vena. 
Cava had no fmall Polypus in them. The Vena Pulmo- 
naris was exceedingly dilated next the Baft of the Heart. 
The Left Ventricle of the Heart was fumiftied with a 
fmall Polypus , and a great quantity of Grumous Blood. 
The Great Artery was very thin, and appeared not a 
little extended, and had fome Cartilaginous Bodies in- 
terfperfed in its Membranes. 
In the Head 5 the Dura Mater was found infeparable 
from the Cranium in its upper part. A Polypus was 
drawn out of the upper great Vein of the Brain, called 
Sinus Falcit fuperior. 
The Carotide Arteries were very thin, and much 
larger than they ought to be, before they entered the 
Sabftance of the Brain. In (horf, all the Blood-Veflels 
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