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Nov. 2 ( 5 . I defired Mr. Hill , an ingenious Apo- 
thecary in Weftminfter , to accompany me to fee a 
Cow difiected, and to help me examine every thing 
very carefully, having got her drawn into a Shed, 
to defend us from the Weather. 
When the Skin was taken off, fhe appeared very 
fat -y the Mufcles look’d of a darker Colour than ufual. 
On opening the Abdomen the Caul appeared very fat ; 
the Paunch was greatly diftended - y on making a 
Pun&ure much Wind gufhed out: It had in it a great 
deal of Food 5 the Inftde look’d well, and did not 
peel ; the fecond and third Stomach, or the Oma- 
fum , as alfo the fourth Stomach or Abomajumy were 
alrnoft empty, but looked well,* the Liver was firm, 
well- coloured, and found, except a few fcirrhous 
Knobs about the Size of Nutmegs: The Gall-bladder 
was exceeding large, and full of very fluid Gall 5 the 
Guts were inflamed in many Places, the Colon and 
Cacum livid : I had the Curiofity to have them mea- 
lured j from the Anus to the Insertion of the Cacum 
there were twelve Yards (the Ccecum'W as an Ell long), 
and from the Cacum to the pylorus there were 
fifty-two Yards. The Midriff was much fwelled and 
inflamed: The Lungs were fwelled, inflamed, ad- 
hered in fome Places to the Pleura , and alrnoft 
wholly covered with Bladders of Water : There was 
no Appearance of any Inflammation on the Pleura, 
or in either the internal or external intercoftal Muf- 
cles : The Windpipe was inflamed greatly throughout 
its whole Courfe, efpecially its Infide j but the Gul- 
let, which lay fo near it, was not in the leaft inflamed : 
The Heart was of its natural Size, the Pericardium 
full of very fluid Blood, probably from the burfling 
of 
