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parallel ft ate with thofe of the abdomen , the cartilages 
ot the ribs were pretty white, firm, fmooth, and 
elaftic. The pleura- •, together with its duplicatures, 
the mediajlinum , which I ieparated fiom the jlcrnnm y 
in order to infpeCt the right cavity of the thorax , 
were found, and of a natural colour, firm texture, 
fmooth equal furface, loft and pliable. The peri- 
cardium, except where it adherd to the tendinous 
part of the diaphragm, was inverted with fat, of a 
pale complexion, but not altogether fo dry and hard 
as that in the left fide of the abdomen , and through- 
out infeparably conjoined with the heart, which was 
very large, and of a deprefled figure, dry, hard, and 
conftridted. The left lobe of the lungs near the pe- 
ricardium was of a very pale brown colour, with a 
faint call: of red, confiderably collapfed, lomewhat dry 
and hard, and the inverting membrane of a rough 
uneven furface, quite dry and rigid ; but the remain- 
ing part, together with the right, were of a redder 
complexion, lax fpongy texture, foft and compref- 
fible, and their inverting membrane of a fmooth even 
furface, foft and flaccid. The a f per a arteria and 
oefophagus were for the moft part thinly cover’d with 
fat, like that of the pericardium , but in all refpedts 
in a natural condition, as were likewife the aorta , 
vena cava , pulmonary arteries and veins, and all their 
capital branches. The diaphragm was confiderably 
relaxed, and of a concavo-convex figure ; and except 
that its mufcular part was a little paler than it ought, 
and its tendinous, where connected to the pericar- 
dium y a little harder, it was in every refpedt accord- 
ing to nature. The vifcera of the thorax and abdo- 
men were well -proportion’d, and quite free from any 
preternatural 
