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substance would have fallen to pieces. At first sight, I thought 
the entire mass was granulated blood; but closer inspection proved 
it to be otherwise. I cannot, perhaps, give the reader a more 
accurate idea of the state of this organ, than by telling him to sup- 
pose a large quantity of delicate grown moss collected into a round 
heap, and this round heap to be saturated with blood ; which 
blood, instead of adhering in clots, he must suppose adhering in 
granules, so as more to resemble so much red-coloured sand than 
any thing I could compare it to, and he will obtain, perhaps, the 
clearest notion of the state of the organ that I can give. The 
entire mass was invested in a membrane the most delicate 
imaginable ; so delicate, indeed, that the marvel was how it had 
retained its integrity so long. The moss-like substance which I 
have named, when thoroughly cleansed from blood, I found to 
consist entirely of what Mr. Kiernan calls the lobules of the liver. 
I washed portions with great care, one of which I preserved in 
spirit, and have in my possession*. The weight of the entire mass 
was thirty-one pounds twelve ounces. The spleen was perfectly 
healthy, and scarcely contained any blood. 
Muscular System, fyc . — The muscles of animal life were very 
much softened, which softening was general ; they were also pale 
in colour. The brain was likewise in a similar state in both 
respects. 
Case IY. — Rupture of the Stomach, fyc. 
July Yllh, 1848. — T was requested, about seven o’clock, A.M. 
to attend a horse, the property of James North, Esq., of King’s 
Mills, Huddersfield. 
History, fyc . — The horse in question is of the light draught 
breed; of a dark brown colour; stands exactly fifteen hands two 
inches high ; is known to be fifteen years of age at the least, and 
has been in the possession of Mr. North the last seven years ; 
during which period he has always been a remarkably healthy 
animal, and could endure almost any amount of fatigue. His 
work is always of a heavy, laborious kind, yet his limbs are en- 
tirely free from bursal enlargements or swellings of any kind; in 
short, any person who did not know the horse, would, on seeing 
him, judge him to be about six or eight years of age. 
Yesterday his work was heavy, and it was late when he was 
brought to his stable. After being made secure, he was fed with 
an extra allowance of food, consisting principally of bran, meal 
seeds, split beans, crushed oats and hay. This morning, when his 
* If the reader possesses “ Carpenter’s Manual of Physiology,” let him 
open it, and turn to page 417 ; and he will see a diagram of the lobules, 
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