Temperance prize essays / By Drs. Mussey and Lindsly.

Date:
1835
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Credit: Temperance prize essays / By Drs. Mussey and Lindsly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    _In the bodies of persons dead from — appeafances a fit of drunkenness, the following ap- ®fter death. pearances have been observed, viz. The Brain. Its peripheral or exterior parts, commonly firm; its blood vessels engorged ; tur- bid serum beneath the arachnoid membrane; and turbid or slightly bloody serum, often several ounces, in the ventricles. The Heart and great vessels filled with fluid blood ; the right side of the heart more distended than the left; sometimes bloody serum in the pe- ricardium. The Lungs. Frothy mucus in the air tubes and cells; lower portion of the lungs charged with fluid Blood ;—sometimes hepatized. The Stomach contracted and small; its walls sometimes three or four times their natural thick- ness and indurated; the folds of its ling mem- brane sometimes of a deep red color; the whole membrane soft, and easily torn. The Intestines. Inflammation, thickening and softening of the lining membrane; ulcerations of this membrane in the terminal portion of the small intestine; occasionally preternatural adhesions of them to the other viscera as the duodenum and the pancreas. The Liver large and firm ; its surface frequently uneven, pale, mottled, or orange colored, its inte- rior orange colored, exhibiting fatty degenerations. The Kidneys paler than natural, large, and flab- by ; their cut surfaces sometimes bloody. It should be observed, that of the foregoing marks of disease, some, as the serum under -the arachnoid membrane and in the ventricles of the