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Weight of this Excrefcencc was ifeiv+fxlvj and 
allowing for what remained upon Laceration, and 
the Etfufion upon cutting into it, 'it doubtlefs ex- 
ceeded ifev. Upon Bife&ion, it appeared to the 
Depth of half an Inch from its Surface black and 
gangrened, and, below that, it was all fpongy, with 
Cavities as large as thofe of an Honeycomb j and 
from it had iflued a cancerous Sanies, draining to the 
Pelvis. 
Upon opening the Thorax , the Right Lobe of the 
Lungs was full of feirrhous cancerated Tubercles, 
from whence a Sanies had flowed betwixt it and the 
Pleura : The Left Lobe was much fmaller than the 
Right, firmly attached to the Pleura and Mediafti - 
num , and infeparable without Dilaceration. It had 
fome Tubercles alfo. The Heart appeared found, 
but a large Polypus was taken out of its Right Ven- 
tricle, at the Orifice of the Arleria Pulmonalis. 
Another Cafe occurred to me cotemporary with 
the firft of thefe, and fo like to both of them in the 
antecedent Caufe and Symptoms, that, could I have 
obtained Leave to infpett the Corpfe, I am perfuaded 
fome fuch immediate Caufe would have difeovered 
itfelf. Crude Mercury was the only Medicine in 
this Cafe alfo, that palliated for about Ten Days 
lucceflively. 
But to what Purpofe fo particular a Relation of 
Cafes confefledly incurable ? It is replied. That in 
unfuccefsful Cafes an accurate Diagnoftic tends not 
a little to the Reputation of the Phyfician, and his 
Science, although thereupon he pronounces the Cafe 
incurable by all the known Methods of regular 
Pra&itioners Efpecially as this Cafe is very likely 
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