8-2 Mr. Home’s Account of the Case of a Man, 
were healed, but the puncture made by the lancet at the back 
of the wrist, was still open. That part of the back of the 
hand, which immediately surrounded the wounds made by 
the fangs, for the extent of ii inch in every direction, as also 
the whole of the palm, was in a natural state, except that 
there was a small quantity of extravasated blood in the cellu- 
lar membrane. The orifice of the abscess was enlarged, so 
as to form a sore on the outside of the arm, elbow, and fore- 
arm, near six inches in length. Around this, the skin was in 
a state of mortification, more than half way up the outside of the 
arm, and as far downwards, on the outside of the forearm. 
The skin still adhered to the biceps flexor muscle in the arm, 
and flexor muscles in the forearm, by a dark coloured cellular 
membrane. Every where else in the arm and forearm, from 
the axilla downwards, the skin was separated from the muscles, 
and between these parts there was a dark coloured fluid, with 
an offensive smell, and sloughs of cellular membrane resemb- 
ling wet tow, floating in it. The muscles had their natural 
appearance every where, except on the surface, which was 
next the abscess. Beyond the limits of the abscess, blood was 
extravasated in the cellular membrane, and this appearance 
was observable on the right side of the back as far as the 
loins, and on the right side of the chest over the serratus major 
anticus muscle. 
In the thorax the lungs had their natural appearance. The 
exterior part of the loose fold of the pericardium, where it is 
exposed, on elevating the sternum was dry, resembling a dried 
bladder. The cavity of the pericardium contained half an ounce 
of serous fluid, which had a frothy appearance, from an admix- 
ture of bubbles of air. On cutting into the aorta, a small 
