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tafte in the mouth, and frequent naufeas; and when- 
ever a hiccup came on, death was not far off. 
The principal feat of this diftemper was in the 
large inteftinesj though fometimes the fmall guts 
and ftomach had their fhare. In one, whofe name 
was Coulon, who voided pure blood a little before 
his death, I found a great portion of the inteftinal 
canal full of blood, the villous coat being much 
fwell’d, and greatly inflamed : and, putting it in wa- 
ter, one might eaflly difeern, with a magnifying- 
glafs, a great number of red points, which appeared 
to be the mouths of the veflels, which poured out 
the blood found in the inteifines. 
One Le Fevre had blood difeharged even up to 
the flomach ; and the inner membrane of this or- 
gan, towards the pylorus, was in the fame condition 
with that of the great inteflines of the foregoing pa- 
tient. The duodenum, jejunum, and the beginning 
of the ileum, were found ; the end of the ileum was 
inflamed, and the large inteftines were gangrened. 
In one, called Saracin, the fame inteftines were 
all mortified ; the caecum, and half the colon, were 
as large as a Jftomach diftended with wind. Their 
canals were full of a bloody matter, and their in- 
ward membrane feparated very eaflly. The gangrene 
ieemed particularly to affedl this coat. The ftomach 
and fmall guts were found ; neverthelefs his death 
was preceded by the hiccough. 
In fome others, the gangrene had feized all the 
coats of the inteftines j and fometimes thefe canals 
were fo far pierced by the efehars, as to let the faeces 
pafs through into the cavity of the belly. And in 
H 2 fome 
