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Show 762 PROF. W. H. FLOWER ON MLURUS FULGENS. [Nov. 15, the body. Numerous haemorrhagic blotches on the mucous membrane of the upper portion of the intestine were the only pathological changes observed in any of the viscera of the animal. Some blood had been extravasated into the intestinal canal. The villi of the upper part of the small intestine are long, delicate, and close-set. In the middle part of the canal they are smaller and less numerous, tbe lining membrane being quite smooth at many places ; but towards the Fig. 6. Anterior view of the stomach; half the natural size. o. (Esophagus, p. Pylorus, d. Duodenum, bd. Biliary duct. lower end they become very abundant, though comparatively short and thick. They entirely and suddenly cease 9 inches above the anus; and thenceforth the mucous membrane is smooth, though thrown into longitudinal rugae. There are only three distinct Peyer's patches, all nearly circular : the first, \ inch in diameter, is 18 inches below the pylorus, the second, about twice the size, 39 inches from the pylorus, and the third, as small as the first, 13 inches lower. The liver (figs. 7 & 8) consists of three main divisions : - 1. The left lobe (L) is simple, flattened, with a thin free border, notched in several places, and a rounded outline ; on its inferior surface, close to the transverse fissure, is a small tongue-shaped accessory lobule (a), of which there was no trace in Proteles (P.Z. S. 1869,p.489)*, and above this a deep straight horizontal fissure an inch in length. 2. The middle or cystic lobe, the lateral margins of which overlap both left and * This lobule is slightly indicated in Nasua. |