_Abdomen._ All the coats of the stomach appeared much attenuated; mucous membrane of cardiac extremity so soft as to lacerate under examination; that of pyloric end exhibited numerous minute spots of a deep red colour, as if touched with a paint-brush; peritoneal coat of ilium of dark red colour; other viscera healthy. _Head._ Arachnoid thickened and opake; considerable effusion between it and the dura mater; substance of brain vascular; half an ounce of serum in each ventricle. _Thorax._ [Right pleural cavity contained one ounce and a half of bloody fluid, left eight ounces; substance of both lungs much condensed, and on their surface an appearance as if blood had exuded and coagulated. Pericardium contained two ounces of serum: heart healthy.] CASE LXIII. HANNAH SWIFT, æt. 20, servant. Admitted on the 8th day of fever: abdomen, especially the epigastric region, tender; tongue clean, red, chapped; lips parched and cracked; some pain of head, back, and limbs; mind rather confused; pulse 120, soft, and feeble. 9th. The abdomen, which continues tender, has become swollen and tense; two stools. 15th. Abdomen still very tender, swollen, and hard; tongue dry; two stools; vomiting of much green coloured fluid; pain of head gone, but sense of weight in it. 17th. Tenderness of abdomen and vomiting continue; delirium; pulse 100, small and feeble. 19th. Tenderness of abdomen increased; no vomiting; tongue the same; pain of head returned; delirium; erysipelas of face; pulse 109, feeble. 21st. Erysipelas extending to arm; tongue brown, dry, and cracked; much delirium. 22d. Cheeks livid; extremities cold and livid; pulse imperceptible. Died. _Abdomen._ Mucous membrane of ilium highly inflamed, and ulcers just forming; other viscera healthy. _Head._ Dura mater vascular; arachnoid opake; substance of brain vascular; some fluid in ventricles. _Thorax._ Mucous membrane of bronchi inflamed: tubes filled with mucus mixed with pus: [pleuræ in part adherent; some serous fluid in both cavities; substance of lungs natural.] CASE LXIV. THOMAS SEXTON, æt. 18, servant. Admitted on 3d day of scarlet fever; complaint came on with nausea, vomiting, and pain of the limbs; at present throat sore; deglutition easy; chest free from pain; no cough; abdomen tender, especially in the region of the epigastrium; tongue white in middle, red around margin; no stool for several days, because, as he supposes, he has vomited all his medicine; pain of head; vertigo; face flushed; frequent attacks of epistaxis during his vomiting, always relieving the head-ache; pulse 102; skin warm; no eruption. 4th. Pain of head gone; vertigo continues; eyes dull and heavy; face flushed; no vomiting; pulse 96. 5th. Sense of vertigo lessened; tongue brown and dry; four stools; pulse 84. 7th. Abdomen tender; tongue brown and dry; six stools; pain of head returned; much pain of back; no sleep; delirium.