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and, upon removing this blood, a round orifice ap- 
peared in the middle of the upper fide of the right 
ventricle of the heart, large enough to admit the ex- 
tremity of the little finger. Through this orifice, all 
the blood brought to the right ventricle had been dis- 
charged into the cavity of the pericardium ; and, by 
that extravafated blood, confined between the heart 
and pericardium, the whole heart was very foon ne- 
ceflarily fo comprefied, as to prevent any blood con- 
tained in the veins from being forced into the auricles ; 
which, therefore, with the ventricles, were found ab- 
folutely void of blood, either in a fluid or coagulated 
State. 
As, therefore, no blood could be tranfmitted 
through the heart, from the inftant that the extrava- 
fation was completed, fo the heart could deliver none 
to the brain; and, in confequence, all the animaL 
and vital motions, as they depend on the circulation 
of the blood through the brain, mutt neceflarily have 
been flopped, from the fame inftant ; and his Majefty 
muft, therefore, have dropped down, and died in- 
ftantaneoufly And as the heart is infenfible of acute 
and circumscribed pain, his death muft have been at- 
tended with as little of that diftrefs,. which ufually ac- 
companies the reparation of the foul and body, as was 
poflible, under any circumftances whatfoever. 
The above-mentioned appearances (as they fhewed 
the immediate caufe of his Majefty ’s death) were 
thought fufficient to form the report to his prefent 
Majefty, and his Council. But as the very eminent 
and amiable character of his late Majefty muft make 
the nature of his death the objedt of every one’s atten- 
tion and inquiry! and as the cafe was exceedingly 
Angular 
