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colour, found, firm, finooth, and extenfible, I found 
the omentum nearly in a fimilar Hate to that of the 
membrane, adipofa , full an inch thick, and extended 
to the lower part of the hypogaflrium . The left lobe 
of the liver was of a pale brown complexion, dry, 
hard, and fhrunk ; but the right dill preferved its 
natural duiky red colour, foftnefs, and extenfion. 
The vefiea jellis was quite empty, but in all other 
relpeCts in a natural lfate ; as were likewife the duties 
cyfiicus hepaticus and communis cboledochus , the vena 
porta , ligament urn latum or fujpenforium , and rotun - 
dum. The fpleen was of a pale bluifh grey colour, 
lax incoherent texture, rough unequal furface, very 
dry, hard, crifp, and contracted. The ftomach was 
fomewhat inflated, and its villi in confequence im- 
perceptible. There was no appearance of aliment in it, 
or of fceces alvince in the inteftines, but in both, as 
well the intejlina t emu a as era [fa, a blackifh liquid 
inflammable tar-like fubftance, wholly foluble in oil j 
and for the mod part in fpirits of wine dephlegmated, 
but abfolutely immifcible with water : their internal 
furface, efpecially where it was cover’d with this tar- 
like matter, was of a brown complexion, and fome- 
what rough and indurated, but their external was of 
a natural colour, perfectly fmooth and foft. The 
pancreas was almod cover’d with a pale-colour’d dry 
indurated coat, and of a pale reddifh complexion, 
but not altogether fo moid and foft as in a natural 
date. The mefentery was wholly encompafled with 
a pretty large quantity of pale-colour'd fat, winch in 
the left fide of the abdomen , efpecially near the omen- 
tum, was quite dry and hard, and the mefentery itfelf 
in a manner indidinguifhable, but in the right fome- 
what 
