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CASE 69.—Post-mortem examination: The
larynx and trachea contained a considerable quantity of
purulent liquid. The right lung, forty-eight ounces and a
half, was studded with tubercle and had a large cavity in
the anterior part of its lower lobe, communicating by an
opening with the cavity of the pleura, which contained
fourteen ounces of a purulent liquid slightly mixed with
blood. The left lung, thirty-eight ounces and a half, had a
large cavity in its apex; its lower lobe was studded with
miliary tubercle. Both ventricles of the heart and the right
auricle contained large, firm, fibrinous clots; the left
auricle contained a small quantity of very black fluid
blood. The spleen was somewhat softened and weighed twelve
ounces. The liver, kidneys and mesenteric glands were normal in appearance.—