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about the Space of three Inches to the Omentum ; 
and upon feparating the Adhefion, we found an Ab- 
fcefs and Inflammation, which had communicated 
irfeif to thofe Parts of the lleon ^ which were con- 
tiguous to the Colon. 
The Colon had in this Place a Perforation about 
three Quarters of an Inch in Diameter, and four 
froalfer Perforations, about the Size of a Gooie’s 
Quill, through which fome Excrement had pafled 
into the Abdomen . 
The Coats of the Colon, as it approached the 
Intefiinnm rectum , began to grow icirrhous, about 
the Space of fix Inches,, and the Capacity became 
gradually fmaller. 
. The Valves of the Colon , about this Place, were 
of a reddilh Colour, and were more fcirrhcus 
than the other Parts of the Intejline. The Coats^ 
of the Colon, where it was continued to the 
Rettum^ were at lead half an Inch thick, and its Ca« 
pacity was not above the fourth Part of the natu- 
ral Size 
Upon cutting the Gut horizontally hereabout, 
we perceived a Body which flopped the Paf- 
fage, and feemed to the Touch almod of a car- 
tilaginous Confidence. Having opened the Gut 
Lengthways, we found it was no more than two 
of the Valvula Conniventes Coli r which were 
grown fcirrhous, and were protruded downward 
into the Rettum. 
We alfo found a fmail Rlumh-Stene* in this 
Place, which was quite buried in the Tunica Vil- 
lofa > and had made tfeif a Bed between the Coats 
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