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whole Cavity was empty above,(asthe Body lay supine) and beneath, all theRight Side and about -j of tlie Lest was fill’d with a Liquor, which tookupin thepart to theNeckward a Hand-breadth, and ran 3 Fingers tbicknelsto the Lest of the Mediastinum- The Liquor was litte Cream, or rather like uSizeof Spanijh-PVbite, havingacast of Yellow like Bcestingsj for putting uSpoon ineo it, from the bottom I took up a thick clammy Matttr. justlike that Spamflj-fVbite that links to the botiom of i s Size. In quantiry itmight be about 3 Pints, contain’d in a Bag which was capable tohold as much more and better. The Bag ran along from the Lcft Shoulder,to the utmoft of the Right-lide of the Midriff-, not streight along, nor stifflystreicht, but about a Hand-breadth from lts Rise it wentdirectly down tothe Midriff, with which it closed ali along. Ira Skin er Coat was thicker thanthat of the Stomach, as well as itsCapacity iarger, inasmuch as the Flexu res ofthe Ribs joyn’d with it, and made up above half the Compasi. Where it ad-hered to the Midriff, ’twas near a Finger thick : And in one place, where Iendeavour’d to separate it from the Midriff', I hit upon a thinner Bag, whenceiflued out 2 or 3 Spoonfuls of Iheir Water. The Adediafiinum was citherwholly wasted, or elfe woven into the thickncss of the Bag, as was also thePleura, as far as the Bag reach’d. It lay loose and flapping from the LcftAxillar to the Chest, havingbeen before fill’d and distendedeither wi h Windor the Liquor. All the Hollow was bcdabbled with the Wallowing of theLiquor about, as is the Oufe by the Ebbings and Flowingsof the Tide in aChannel. That Lobe of the Längs which fhould have been on the Right-side was gone, and that on the Lest, wasted to near a third part. In theLower Belly all was well«

Thejolking wasexactly like that of Water orMilk. This Womanwasas flat-breasted as a Man. Tis probable, that the Liquor procceded fromthe falling down ofthe Chyle from the Axillars.

XII. A Noble Peer, many Yearsago, was troublcd with an extraordinary ^„Hyjropstt, -ffiortnefs of Breathing; his Lordslnp was always better in Bed, or Lying, < nts • h m,.than Sitting or Standing, quite contrary to other Asthma’ s, in which theAfflictcd, in Fits, are not able to lye down, the Mufclesof the Breast havinga freer Motion when in an Erect Posture. Upon opening rhe Body, boththe Cavities of the Breast vvere found füll of Water, which when Stand-ing or Sitting prefled so upon the Dtaphragm that Respiration was peiform’dwith Difficulry, butwhenLying that float in g Load was so dispofed thatthat Office of Nature was better perform’d. This leems to be so Na'w al aSymptom, that it may be almost an infallible Diagnostik , to dillinguiffi anHydrtfs Pectoris from other more siequent Diseases of the Breast, that give aIhortness of Breathing. His Lordffiip, tho‘ Ancient, was in all his Visceravery Sound.

Perhaps it may not be impracticable to ufe the Paraccntbeßs in the likeCase, when the Dileale is certainly known, and without it Death is mostlikely to enliie.

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