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coagulable lymph, turbid fluid, nor other sufficient sign of 
inflammation ; the left lateral ventricle in every respect like the 
right; the other parts of the brain, including the cerebellum, 
healthy in appearance. No odor of gin, or any peculiar odor, 
in any part of the brain. 
Chest. — No effusion or other sign of disease in the cavity 
of the pleura. The lungs on the parts first presented to view 
natural; the posterior and under parts dark and congested; the 
congestion probably commenced prior to death, and increased 
after from gravitation. There w,as no disease of the paren- 
chyma. The trachea and bronchial tubes full of frothy, turbid 
fluid ; the lining membrane of the air-passages natural, with the 
exception of a slight blush at the upper part of the trachea, so 
slight, however, as not to warrant any inference. The heart 
quite healthy; contained a small quantity of dark, coagulated 
blood, with some coagulated lymph Scarcely a drachm of fluid 
in the pericardium: this was healthy. 
Abdomen. — Neither serum, pus, nor coagulable lymph, in 
the abdominal cavity. The stomach empty; its outer surface 
rather paler than usual; no remarkable vascularity of any part; 
the inner surface uniformly pale, and free from patches or 
discoloration, except a portion about the size of a child's hand, 
near the cardiac orifice, with very small vessels visible in and 
under the mucous coat; the form aborescent; color florid; this 
appearance, however, only such as is commonly seen, and euch 
as may be the consequence of abstinence, or of the irritation 
of food; nothing beyond the vascularity of the part that resem- 
bled inflammation; the stomach in every other part healthy. 
The liver healthy. The gall bladder full and distended; the 
contents natural. Spleen and kidneys healthy. The intestinal 
canal natural; some parts more vascular and of deeper color 
than the rest, but still presenting nothing that is not commonly 
found in most subjects. 
Surfaces of the viscera. — On all the surfaces a tendency to 
dryness. Those of the brain, the lungs, the heart, and the 
intestines, becoming so dry immediately on exposure to the 
air, as not to communicate the least moisture to the finger. 
London Med. Gaz. 
