( 5 ^ ) 
In the Abdomen was a fmall quantity of Water 3 fuch 
as is ufual in thofe who dye of Chronical Difeafes. Xhe 
Parrs in this Lower Venter were in a Natural State s 
'except 
The' Kidneys, of which the Right was very much 
contracted, even to a third part of its Natural fize, and 
had two large Hydatides , or Bladders of clear Water, 
on its Surface. 
The Left Kidney was alfo leffened, but not fo much 
as the Right : Its Surface like that was unequal, but, had 
no Hydatides on it. 
The Vreter of this Left Kidney was very much con- 
torted, at its rife from the Pelvis, where its Sides were 
Petrified 3 infomuch that its Canal was almoft render’d 
impervious for the Paffage of the Urine. 
Nothing was found in the Bladder of Urine, but di- 
vers Stones of unufual Figures, as if they had been pieces 
of a large Stone broken to bits, in whofe Center a 
Nucleus had been lodged. 
The Gall-Bladder was filled with Gall-Stones. 
Nor was the Stomach, which he complained of Qi. e. 
in want of Appetite) any other ways difordered 3 but 
a little redder, having more Blood in its VelTels than is 
ufual 5 its Mufcular Fibres being ftronger than we gene- - 
rally find them in the Stomachs of healthful Perfons. 
The Cavity of the 2 horax, or Cheft, was filled with 
Water on both fides 3 infomuch, that the Lungs were 
not above a third part of their Natural Magnitude. 
The Pleura , or Membrane that lines the two Cavities--; 
of the Thorax, was very much thick’ned by the Serum c 
or Water 3 from whence it defeended by the Mufcles of 
the Back into his Legs. 
The Valves of the Left Ventricle of the Heart Were 
Petrified in feveral Places, efpecially thofe call’d Ml t rales. 
There were fome Stony Bodies found on the Bronchia, . _ 
at and near their Rife from the Lungs. 
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