The external surface was very vascular, and of a light purple hue. There was a large spot near the pylorus, and another in the greater curvature, of a green colour, which extended through the whole substance of the stomach; but there was no diminished cohesion in these parts. The stomach contained about three or four ounces of bloody, thick, and somewhat frothy fluid. The whole of the villous coat (with the exception of the green spots, and some dark coloured streaks, which answered nearly to the plica of the stomach,) was of a bright crimson colour. No vascular appearance was perceptible in any part of the stomach, except in one spot near the pylorus, and in another in the lesser curvature, near the cardia, where a distinct portion of vascularity was seen at the extremity of the villous coat. Very obscure vessels were observable between the villous and muscular coats, on dissecting off the former, at various places.

CASE III.

William Cornwall, aged about 25, was executed at Woodford, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, of Monday the 9th of August, 1813. The body was conveyed to town on the same day; and was opened in my presence, and the stomach examined by me, at half past two o'clock on the following afternoon.

The whole surface of the body, (but particularly the lower extremities) had on it numerous small vesications in the form of wheals, without redness, of about an inch and a half in length, and a tenth of an inch in width.

The large veins, on the external surface of the stomach, were most of them moderately distended with blood, and the ramifications went to considerable minuteness, and were most apparent in the smaller curvature. The whole of the intestinal canal was minutely injected with blood, which was, for the most part, of a dark crimson, or purple, but here and there, of a florid hue.

The stomach had no remains of food in it; but it contained much thick mucus, which adhered to the whole inner coat. There were florid patches of vascularity in various parts of the whole inner surface of the stomach; which were most remarkable in the posterior part, towards the left side, and in the lesser curvature, for about two inches from the cardia. The general character of the vascular appearance, was similar to that mentioned in the case of Nicholson.

CASE IV.

John Denton, aged 45, was executed at the Old Bailey, on Monday Sept. 20, 1813, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, and was opened in my presence, and the stomach examined by me, at twelve o'clock at noon of the same day.

The small intestines were very vascular, but the colon was free from any appearance of vessels; and the stomach was not unusually vascular in its external surface. There was a strong contraction, at about one third of the distance between the pylorus and the left extremity of the stomach, making a very well marked separation between the pyloric and cardiac portions. Several ounces of coffee-coloured fluid were found in the stomach. Plica were diffused over every part of its inner surface, except for about an inch and a half round the cardia: they were very much contracted at the place mentioned as separating the pyloric and cardiac portions.

The colour of the villous coat throughout was of a light crimson, varying slightly, however, in degree of brightness; sometimes being almost florid, and sometimes rather dark. Here and there, portions of a light straw colour occurred in streaks; but in these streaks very minute vascularity might be discovered by the naked eye, and better by a glass. The redness consisted of minute vessels, which rose up nearly to the surface of the villous coat, and diverged in still smaller branches, ending sometimes in a minute point, as if of extra

The external surface was very vascular, and of a light purple hue. There was a large spot near the pylorus, and another in the greater curvature, of a green colour, which extended through the whole substance of the stomach; but there was no diminished cohesion in these parts. The stomach contained about three or four ounces of bloody, thick, and somewhat frothy fluid. The whole of the villous coat (with the exception of the green spots, and some dark coloured streaks, which answered nearly to the plica of the stomach,) was of a bright crimson colour. No vascular appearance was perceptible in any part of the stomach, except in one spot near the pylorus, and in another in the lesser curvature, near the cardia, where a distinct portion of vascularity was seen at the extremity of the villous coat. Very obscure vessels were observable between the villous and muscular coats, on dissecting off the former. at various places.

CASE III.

William Cornwall, aged about 25, was executed at Woodford, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, of Monday the 9th of August, 1813. The body was conveyed to town on the same day; and was opened in my presence, and the stomach examined by me, at half past two o'clock on the following afternoon.

The whole surface of the body, (but particularly the lower extremities) had on it numerous small vesications in the form of wheals, without redness, of about an inch and a half in

length, and a tenth of an inch in width.

were most of them moderately distended with blood, and the The large veins, on the external surface of the stomach, ramifications went to considerable minuteness, and were most apparent in the smaller curvature. The whole of the intestinal canal was minutely injected with blood, which was, for the most part, of a dark crimson, or purple, but here and there,

of a florid hue.

The stomach had no remains of food in it; but it contained much thick mucus, which adhered to the whole inner coat. There were florid patches of vascularity in various parts of the whole inner surface of the stomach; which were most remarkable in the posterior part, towards the left side, and in the lesser curvature, for about two inches from the cardia. The general character of the vascular appearance, was similar to that mentioned in the case of Nicholson.

CASE IV.

John Denton, aged 45, was executed at the Old Bailey, on Monday Sept. 20, 1813, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, and was opened in my presence, and the stomach examined by me, at twelve o'clock at noon of the same day.

The small intestines were very vascular, but the colon was free from any appearance of vessels; and the stomach was not unusually vascular in its external surface. There was a strong contraction, at about one third of the distance between the pylorus and the left extremity of the stomach, making a very well marked separation between the pyloric and cardiac portions. Several ounces of coffee-coloured fluid were found in the stomach. Plice were diffused over every part of its inner surface, except for about an inch and a half round the cardia: they were very much contracted at the place mentioned as separating the pyloric and cardiac portions.

The colour of the villous coat throughout was of a light crimson, varying slightly, however, in degree of brightness; sometimes being almost florid, and sometimes rather dark. Here and there, portions of a light straw colour occurred in streaks; but in these streaks very minute vascularity might be discovered by the naked eye, and better by a glass. The redness consisted of minute vessels, which rose up nearly to the surface of the villous coat, and diverged in still smaller branches, ending sometimes in a minute point, as if of extra

vasation, which was rather darker than the vessels, but incapable of being wiped off.

In a very few places, there lay attached to the villous coat, with mucus adhering to it, a small portion of blood, which, with the mucus, easily separated, and left beneath a slight appearance of vascularity, but not more considerable than in most other places. A similar deposit of a portion of blood, occurred, in a slight degree, in a small portion of the duodenum which was removed with the stomach; but here the vessels were more continuous, and could be more readily traced along ́ the villous coat. No difference of appearance occurred between the anterior and posterior part of the stomach.

CASE V.

James Leary, aged 42, was executed at the Old Bailey on Monday, Sept. 20, 1813, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, and the stomach was examined by me, the following morning, at half past eleven. About an ounce of thick dark-coloured mucus was found in it, which barely gave a red colour to water. Its inner surface was every where covered with plicæ, except for a short space around the cardia, and the whole presented an irregular mixture of straw-coloured and red lines; the red lines, for the most part, at the extremity of the plicæ, but not regularly so. The colour was generally of a florid hue, except where it dipped down between the plica; and there it was crimson. Around the pylorus there was an irregular ring, of about an inch in width, of more continued vascularity. The redness was sometimes in the form of distinct vessels, and sometimes of extravasated points; but the vascularity was less minute than in the case of Dutton, and had more the character of that of Nicholson. The colour of the whole was much darker on the Wednesday morning.