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The notes of the next case were forwarded, with the specimen, from the REGIMENTAL HOSPITAL of the 8th Illinois cavalry
CASE 436.—Autopsy: The lungs, liver, spleen and kidneys were apparently healthy. The mucous membrane of the small intestine was softened and ulcerated in patches. The colon from the cæcum to the rectum was ragged with ulceration; there were more than twenty perforations, yet no fæcal matter had escaped into the peritoneal cavity, and there were few adhesions showing peritoneal inflammation. [No. 322, Medical Section,