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nor did it emit fo noifom a Smell as might be expeded' 
from its long Relidence in that Place. We computed' 
there were above FourQiiarts of this Liquor contain’d 
in the Cavity of the Abdomen. 
When we came at the Stomach perfo- 
rated in its upper'9\xt^ about the middle Space betwixt 
the Two Oritices, wide enough to contain the End of 
one’s Finger. We cut it open Length-ways, and found 
it pretty full of a thick glutinous Matter, inclining to 
be yellow ; and to its inner Coat, on the lower Side, 
there firmly adher’d the Stone of a Trune^ or feme 
other Fruit refernbling it. On its Infide, near the pre- 
ternatural Perforation,, ’twas gangreen’d for two or three 
Inches^ and on the other Side of the Perforation there, 
was 2XiUlcer near the fame Bignefs. The whole Sto- 
mach was a great deal thicker than ufual ; but that Part 
next the pylorus was above Four Times thicker than in 
a natural State. It adher'd clofely to all the Parts about 
it ; and to the Pancreas ’twas fo firmly ty’d down, that 
it could not be feparated without tearing. The Spleen 
did not exceed a Quarter of an Ounce in Weight. The 
Pancreas was fehirrous^ tho’ pretty near its natural 
Size. In the Liver and there was no apparent 
Defed ^ nor had the Parts in the Thorax receiv’d any 
viffble Alteration, except that the Lungs adher’d more 
firmly to the than ufual. The Inteflines and 
all the Vifeera contain’d in the Abdomen were of a 
whiter Colour than ufual, by being fo long fodden in 
the Liquor they floated in, 
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