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Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine

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It was covered with fat and occupied the whole left half of the thoracic cavity.

The spleen, pancreas, and transverse colon were also superior to the diaphragm.

Death was caused by a well-defined round perforation at the cardiac curvature the size of a sixpence.
Anomalies of the Intestines .-- The Ephemerides contains the account of an example of double cecum, and Alexander speaks of a double colon, and there are other cases of duplication of the bowel recorded.

There is an instance of coalition of the jejunum with the liver, and Treuner parallels this case.

Aubery, Charrier Poelman, and others speak of congenital division of the intestinal canal.


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