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CASE 12.—Post-mortem examination:
The lungs were engorged with blood, which flowed freely upon
section. The heart contained a large white clot. Two pints
of pus were found in the peritoneal cavity. The liver was
covered with lymph and softened but not granular; the spleen
was macerated and softened, pale-blue externally and
grayish-blue internally; the pancreas was healthy. The
intestines were healthy except within three feet of the
anus, where the mucous membrane was congested and covered
with whitish tenacious mucus. The kidneys were purplish-red,
large and flabby, the sections mottled and greatly
congested; the suprarenal capsules were pale and friable but
of natural size.—