488 MORBID ANATOMY.
One of the balls is of a compressed, spherical form, 2f in. in diameter, and If in. thick. The other is If in. long, and of rather an oval form. The structure, upon the sur- face at least, is loose, and not glazed as it usually is in older animals. 1868.
Mr. S. L. Moore, med. student.
2317. Hair-ball, from the stomach of a hog. A portion of it seems to have been sliced off; but, otherwise, it would be of a regular form, 5 in. in length, and 3J in. in diameter. The mass consists of bristles, with very little else ; and it is very compact. Internally they are irregularly matted together ; but externally they are very regularly arranged, being parted to the right and left, as the hair often is upon the back of the head.
Mr. L. was told that the animal was one of a drove of
ten, that ate well, but continued lean ; and, on being
slaughtered, a hair-ball was found in the stomach of each ;
the specimen here shown being the largest of them. 1857.
Mr. Thos. W. Leach, med. student.
2318. The gizzard of a pigeon transfixed by a pin, and with- out anything to show that it had troubled the bird. (See
No. 2175.) 1857. Dr. O. W. Holmes.
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See biliary calculi.
2319. A small portion of very pure ambergris. The lot, from which this was selected, weighed about 50 Ibs., and was taken from the intestine of a sperm whale ; the animal be- ing in sufficiently good condition. The quality of the mass varied as to purity ; there being many teeth of the squid mixed with it, and one of them is here shown. 1865.
Mr. Heman Smith, merchant.
2320. Fat, discharged from the bowels of a man, set. forty-five, who had "cholerine" in England twenty years ago, and had been passing ever since, and several times daily, a greenish-yellow, oily, and very offensive fluid, that after a while became hard, like tallow. He was pale, but had a fair amount of flesh and strength, and a good appetite. Legs cedematous, but without albumen in the urine. Al- kalies tried for a week or two, but without effect. 1868.
Dr. Henry K. Oliver.
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