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CASE 39.—Post-mortem examination: The left lung was adherent
anteriorly and coated with pseudomembrane posteriorly; it
was partly collapsed by the pus which had escaped through
the perforation in the chest-wall. Between the fourth and
fifth ribs pus had found its way through the intercostal
muscles but had not reached the skin. The pericardium
contained some purulent liquid, and both pericardium and
heart were covered with tough layers of yellow lymph. [Specimen No. 521, Med. Sec.,