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tial fweats in the forehead and bread:. Under thefe 
fymptoms he languifh’d to the twentieth day, and then 
died. 
The appearances, upon difledtion, were thefe : The 
omentum was confumed ; but the colon was inflamed 
in feveral places , and fo diftended with wind, that 
it nearly filled the whole abdominal cavity. Its liga- 
ments or bands were fo thoroughly effaced, that there 
w r as not the lead: fign of them -remaining. In like 
manner, the caecum was fo vaflly ftretched, as to take 
up the whole capacity of the pelvis ; and that part 
of it, which is touched by the thick gut, was gan- 
grened, and perforated with a fmall opening. Hav- 
ing clear’d it of the excrements, there were no inter- 
nal ruga at the infertion of the ileum , nor any traces 
of the valve of the colon, or of its braces, to be ob- 
ferved. For it was quite fmooth on the infide, as 
v/ell as the colon , by the definition of the cellules, 
which it has in a natural fiate. The quickfilver was 
difperfed all over the cavity of the abdomen , in fuch 
quantities, that it was eafy to perceive, that none had 
been difcharged by ftool. Every thing elfe, con- 
tained within both the cavities, was in its natural 
condition. 
XVII. 
