Liver-dulness began at the 4th rib cartilage in the nipple line.

The abdomen was enormously distended, and covered by large veins running from below upward to the thorax.

About 3 1/2 inches above the umbilicus there was a sulcus with its convexity downward.

There was dulness over the whole abdomen, except at the sides parallel with the lumbar spines, and a resonant band over the stomach.

The greatest girth was 54 1/2 inches.