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IL An Ejjay upon the life of theBilc m the Animal 
Oeconomyy founded on an ObferVation of a Wound 
in the Gall-Bladder. Sy Alexander Stuart, 
M. 2). ^hyfician to her Majefiy^ and F. 5^. S. 
fhe Case of Afr.Menzie?, Sergeant in the Second 
Scroop of Horfe-Grenadier GuardSy mounded in 
the Gall-Bladder^ ^ith the Appearances in the 
Body after Deaths and the Symptoms during 
Life; ^ith fome praBi cal Inferences drawn 
from it\ 
H e was wounded about Three o’Clock in the 
Morning, the 30th of OHohery 1718, and died 
the ^th of November following in the Morning, being 
the feventh Day after he was wounded, in the fortieth- 
Year of his Age. 
Appearances in the Body, opened by Mr. Coldhamy . 
Surgeon, in the Prefence of Meflieurs Ftquel and 
.Surgeons, with feveral Gentlemen, and myfelf. 
I. The Abdomen appeared diftended as in a Tym- 
pany, or Afcites,, and the Skin of the Belly tinged' 
' yellow as Saffron in many Places. 
II. A triangular Wound appeared about two Inches 
on the right Side of the Navel, the Diredion llanting 
upwards obliquely through the Integuments. 
III. The Belly being opened, difcovered the Wound 
to have penetrated through the Peritonaum^ and the 
Sword had llanted upwards from thence along the 
Omentum^ grazing flightly upon it, which was fuper- 
ficially ruffled, but fo as to be hardly perceivable. 
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