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Upon examining the Contents of the Thorax 
after Death, the Right Lobes of the Lungs were found,, 
of a good Colour, and no-ways injured : In the Left 
Cavity of the Thorax , there was a large Quantity of 
extravafated Blood ; the inferior Left Lobe adhered 
ftrongly both to the ‘Pleura and Mediaftimm , and 
was fomewhat decayed ; but of the fuperior Left 
Lobe, the upper Part next the Trachea adhered 
to the Pleura for about Two Inches,* and the Re- 
mainder, where there had been no Adhefion, (as I 
could perceive from the fmooth Surface of the 
Pleura) was torn away by Pieces, and difeharged in 
Coughing. As the greateft Part of the Left Side of 
the Lungs was tied down to the circumjacent Mem- 
branes , the Perfon being old, and the whole Force of 
the Parietes of the Abdomen , Pdiaphragm , &c. in 
the A&ion of coughing, was unequally exerted upon 
that Part that did not adhere, and which, by the 
Violence of the Prefiure, was torn off from the reft, 
and difeharged, as I juft now mentioned j it is 
worthy Obfervation, how fmall the Degree of Senfi- 
bility is in the Lungs ; that a Perfon fhould lofe fo 
much of their Subftance, as in this Inftance, upon the 
FirftFitj and yet, upon Recovery of his Senfes, to 
complain of little or no Pain from fuch Dilaceration, 
when even the Bite of an Infeft upon the Surface of 
the Body is attended with fo much. 
The Adhefion of this Man’s Lungs explained like- 
wife the Caufe of his frequent Coughing for fome 
Years before his Death. 
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