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him. And indeed he was now-and then, daring the 
whole Illnefs, fabjeft to bilious Deje&ions. 
On this Remifiion of the Symptoms, his Friends 
flatter’d themfclves yet that all might do well ; but his 
Wafting, which had long began, continued ; and his 
Legs, efpecially one of them, became oedcmatous. 
After growing gradually weaker, till Nature was 
quite fpent, he expired, with the utmoft Serenity of 
Mind, in the Evening of Auguft the feventh. 
His Body being, purfuant to his Requeft, opened 
in the Prefence of Dr. Scarling, and three or four Sur- 
geons, the Coats of the Stomach were found chang’d 
into an uniform, white, inelaftic, almoft cartilaginous 
Subftance, which was four Tenths of an inch in 
Thicknefs. Befides this ftrange Alteration in its Coats, 
the Stomach was fo contracted, as to be incapable of 
holding more than five or fix Ounces } and its inner 
Surface was befmeared with a various colour’d Mat- 
ter. The reft of the Vifcera feemed to be quite 
unafFe&ed, and every thing was in its natural Situa- 
tion, except the Omentum , which, befides being, as 
it is in all tabid Bodies, vaftly wafted, was nccefla- 
rily drawn upwards by the Contra&ion of the Sto- 
mach. 
Remarks . 
It is highly probable, that this Gentleman’s Dif- 
order, whether conftitutional or acquired, was at 
firft an Obftru&ion in thofe Glands, which feparate 
the Humour that ferves to defend the villous Coat 
from the Acrimony of what is taken into the 
Stomach, and to prevent its being ftimulated by 
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