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CASE 90.—Post-mortem examination
forty-eight hours after death: Eight ounces of serum in
right and two ounces in left pleural sac, one ounce in
pericardium and a pint in the abdominal cavity. Spleen soft,
dark, weighing about two pounds; liver and kidneys normal;
Peyer's patches in the lower ileum, and the solitary
follicles in the cæcum and upper colon much
thickened and ulcerated; mucous membrane of colon
inflamed.—