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 even the slightest functioning could not have occurred for months. The gall cyst was at least four times its normal size and contained black bilious fluid. The kidneys were hypertrophied and pocketed with pus. The pancreas likewise was hypertrophied and was so hardened in texture as to resist the knife. The spleen was disintegrated to the extent that it was held together merely by its surrounding membrane. The small intestines were normal in size and position, as was the colon, excepting the transverse portion of the latter, which had dropped below the navel and was no larger in diameter than an adult thumb. The right ovary contained a cyst filled with serous fluid, and the right Fallopian tube was bent twice upon itself. The left ovary was in a state of atrophy and was no larger than a lima bean. The heart and the lungs were normal.

CASE 5 is that of a man of 24 who had been syphilitically infected five years before his death, and had treated the symptoms medically and with advertised nostrums. At the time of consultation the syphilitic sores still remained, and there were other evidences of the ravages of the blood taint present as