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longitudinal direction, along the concave arch of the 
iiomach, through its whole courfe; and was placed 
before the bodies of the vertebrae- The dudtuscholedo- 
chus, befides its great length from the liver, to within 
the hernial bag, was of luch a width, as eafily to 
admit a middle-fized finger, being about 24- inches 
in circumference: in fome parts of its courfe, it was 
little inferior in width to the gall bladder, in this 
fame fubjedt. The kidneys were rather fin all, in 
general found, except that fome few hydatides were 
here and there fixed upon their outward lurface, and 
that two or three fteatomatous tumors, of about the 
fize of a pea, and white, were in the fubftarice of each 3 
but not rifing above their furface : they were each in 
their proper fituation ; the left lay behind the ftomach, 
and was lefs, probably from the preffure it was expofed 
to. The ureters and bladder were in their ufual 
fituation; the bladder was no way engaged in the 
hernia, and a catheter was pretty eafily introduced, 
through the concealed penis, into it. The fpleen was 
fmall in its natural fituation, and found. The me- 
fenteric glands were numerous, large, hardened, and 
furrounded with a fat of a deep yellow, as was the 
pancreas ; no omentum appeared; its place feemed 
iupplied by the fat, interfperied among the glands, and 
pancreas. The teftes were of a natural fize, but loole 
and flabby, and had many varicofe veins upon then 
furface : the right, which was io much out of its 
proper place, was the leaft, and laxer 01 the two . the 
fpermatic veffels belonging to it were laige, tmougli 
the great length they ran. I he fac and int-nines 
were adherent, almoft at every point of their contadi 3 
in fome places fo firmly, that they were with great 
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