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Pains of the Stomach and Back, Suppreffion of Urine, 
and fometimcs difcharg’d bloodv Urine. She at 
length became afciticaL and afthmatic; and, for more 
than eight or ten Weeks before fhe died, flic had a 
violent Pain in the Region of the Stomach, and a 
hard Swelling under the Cartilago enjiformis, with 
almoft perpetual Vomitings, colical Pains, extreme 
Coftivenefs, and Difficulty of Urine. The laft Fort- 
night, or more, ffie vomited every thing, and had a 
total Suppreffion of Urine for fifteen Days. At 
laft, ffie died comatofc and convuls’d. 
Upon opening the Abdomen , foon after her Death, 
there neither appeared Stomach, Liver, or Guts, but 
a large irregular Mafs, fpread from one Side of the 
Abdomen to the other, and adhering firmly to both 
Sides. This was, in great part, the Omentum , 
grown, as it were, cartilaginous, and as tough almoft 
as Leather ; having up and down in it, feveral large, 
very hard, feirrhous Nodes, and fome Tubercles, full 
of fetid Pus. 
The Stomach was very much contracted, but its 
Coats were very thick ; and, near the Pylorus , very 
much inflamed, almoft mortified ; its Glands, in 
feveral Places, feirrhous, and as large as Peas. 
The Paflfage from the Stomach to the Guts was ffiut 
up, partly by the Inflammation and Thicknefs of its 
Coats, and partly by its odd Coalition with the Liver 
and Omentum. 
The Liver was much ffirunk and feirrhous, and 
roll’d up into a kind of conical Figure; in the Ver- 
tex of which appeared the Gall-bladder, of a dark- 
green Colour, and very turgid ; and yet the P)u6lus 
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