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CASE 11.—Post-mortem examination: Right lung, twenty-three
ounces and a half; a greenish gangrenous lump one inch and a
half long and half an inch thick in the posterior portion
surrounded by gray lobules, and, posterior to it, some
consolidation; lower lobe solidified posteriorly in
one-third of its extent. Left lung, sixteen ounces,
solidified in its lower lobe and presenting a creamy,
sacculated mass; bronchial tubes much inflamed and
containing pus. Fibrinous clot in right and dark clot in
left cavities of heart.—