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mained under the containing Parts of the Abdomen . 
Opening therefore the whole Cavity, there was found 
under the left Groin a confiderable Tumour, nourifhed 
by its proper Veftels, and every where fixed to the cir- 
cumjacent Membranes- which being freed from, it 
weighed 6 Pounds common Weight. This Tumour 
proved a Congeries of incy hated Abceffes (wrapt up in 
one common Covering) of different Sizes ; the lameft 
as big as a Man’s two Lifts, the final left the Size of’an 
Egg • and each of a different Sort of Subftance : Be- 
fides which was a great Number of Hydatides . The 
Peritonaeum was as thick as the Cutis • the Caul al- 
moft entirely deftroyed ; the Stomach natural, but per- 
fectly empty ; the Guts livid, very much thickened and 
vaftly inflated, and moreover connected preternaturally 
to each other by peculiar Membranes. The Liver 
ftrongly adhered to the right Hypochondrium , and its 
Coat parted from its Parenchyma almoft fpontaneoufly. 
The left Kidney very near equat’d the Spleen in Bulk, 
and the Pancreas was as hard as a Cartilage ; but 
the P ter us and Biadder were found in ftatu fano. 
1 he Cavity of the Thorax was much fmalier than 
ufual, from the Contents of the Abdomen preffina up 
the Diaphragm into it ; in which Cavity alfAvas 
found the fame Sort of bloody putrid Liquor, as like- 
wife in the Pericardium . The right Ventricle of the 
Heart was preternaturally foft and 1 flaccid, and bein ' 
opened, was lined with Hydatides. The upper Parts 
of the Body were emaciated ; the lower much tume- 
fied by the Water contained within them. 
The Author, after this, cites three other Cafes of 
extraordinary preternatural Tumours of the Abdomen 
communicated to him by Dr. Valentine Scheide, the 
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