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Vertebra , quite from the ‘ Diaphragm down to the 
‘Pelvis, of a monftrous Bulk, occupying near one 
half of the Abdomen, lying like a Tortoife with its 
Head towards the Pelvis , and its Back to the Umbi - 
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liens. It was in the upper Part covered by and firmly 
cohered with the Colon, which in the whole Conti' 
guity was black and mortified. It was firongly at- 
tached to the Peritoneum on the Left Side of the 
Lumbal Vertebra , having difplaced the Left Kidney, 
and brought it forwards to the Left Side of the 
Navel, fo that it came in View as foon as the 
Omentum was removed. It likewife removed the 
Aorta defeendens , the Left Emulgenr, and Meferaic 
Veflels, quite out of their natural Situation ; all of 
which were found pervading the Centre, nearly, of 
this Excrefcence, and fmaller than natural.- — It 
adhered to the Kidney firongly where the emulgent 
Veflels enter it, and it had detruded moft of the 
Email Guts into the Pelvis. Nothing was preter- 
natural in the Stomach or Spleen, excepting that the 
latter, as well as the Left Kidney, feemed paler than 
ufual, and this Kidney alfo more flaccid : The Gall- 
bladder was fhrunk to the Size of a Nutmeg, and 
empty. The Liver had a preternatural Lobule, as 
big as a Hazel-nut, adhering to *it by a fmajl Pe- 
dicle. But otherwife all thefe Vifcera , as well as the 
Right Kidney, Bladder, &c. , difeovered nothing 
morbid. 
This cancerated Excrefcence could not be eradi- 
cated without Laceration, and upon the Removal 
of it, Two or Three large Trunks of Nerves appeared 
naked, palling over the Iliacus internus to the Thigh, 
which had been comprefl'ed by this Tumor. The 
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