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vftey ; which was-very much Intumified, and caus'd that appearance os slarge Tumor betöre Distection. This Ktdney had raken place os ihe Spleen,and rouched the Botiom ofthe Stom/ch, and in such m inner prest one partof the Colon as very much leflened the Diameter of that Gut. The Sto-.mach and Small Guts were sbmewhat distended with Wind ; the formerappcared very loose, as if its proper Tone was much Relaxt. The Pancre-as appearcd a liitle Indurated. The Lest Spermatick Fein was very rauchxtuided, between the Ktdney and the Ovarium •, the upper part of thatFein being comprest: by the superincumbency of the lowcr pirt of thatKidmy ; insbniuch that the Trunkof this Spermatick Van was very muchLtflentd, immediate ly besore it entcrs into the Lest Emulgent Fein. Infrecing this Discased Kidney from its many Adhesions to the Neighbcur-..ing Parts, its, outward Membrane happencd to burst in two or 3 places,whence iflued a large Quantity of Grumous Blood. Th s Kidney v/eighcd yPottnds, and the other but y Ounces, which wasof a common Size, and noways difordered. By the Distension of the Membraneus parts of the Kidr.ejL ■■ 1 it seif, its Vcir.s were in a great measure Comprest. Irs Ureter F F,

was large through the Intumescence, or thickning ot its sides , wherebyits Cavity was streightmd. In a D.vision made by cutting into the Bo-dy of this swelled Ktdney, its instde appear’d like that of a Schmus or Boii’dLiver. I found 2 or 3 large Cells B, fill’d with Grumous Blood, whichproceedcd from an Eruption offome Blood-Veflels besore Death, which I am„apt to think might Alarum the Patient with the Apprehensions of ferneWeight falling down (as fhe exprell it.J In the Fagina Ufert, near the Mea-tus Urinarius was an Ulcerous Appearance, attended with a MortificationTheLelt Psoas Muscle was very much Leflen’d by the Comprcllion of thelower part ot that Kidney ; and the Nerves , distributed to ferne parts of theThigh, which pats through that Muscle, were exposed to view.

Priypus inibe F^otbing difordered appeared in the TAorsx, bllt what is commonly ob*fei vcd after Death in all Cbronical Diseases, vix,, a Polypus in each Fentricle ofthe Heart, and great Blood-Veflels; of whichI h.ivecommonly obscrvedthe Right Fentricle^ and the Veins, to be furnilhed with the largest Polypus s,especially th eVena Cava and Right luride the latterof whichI verylate-Jy found compleatly Distended with a Polypus , or Coagulation of Serum inthe Body of a Boy who dy’d with a Hydrops Thoracis ; in which Cafe, theSymptoms of Sighing and Difficulty of Inspiration I have always found re-markable. I can’t but think the flow return of the Blood by the Veins, isthe immediate Caule of the Coagulation of the Serous part of the Blood,which frames thtfe Bodies, which from the Figure (which they acquirefrom the Parts they are lodg’d in ) are call’d Polypi. Hence it is the Systoleof the Heart prevents their being tramed so large in the Lest Fentricle andArteriös, as in the Right and the Veins; the Blood being carry’d throughthe Former with much greater Force than the Latter.

Blackilh Urine, I believe, is commonly observ'd in many Fe-oerr/h Indispo-sition!! ; where the Blood is either partially obstructed in its return by theVeins of the Kidneys, or through its great Velocity in paiTing the Kidntys

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