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certain portion of lymph, poured out from the cut surfaces of a wound, as part of the process of nutrition, or as the consequence of a small amount of inflammation, induced either from mechanical irritation, or other accidental circumstance. This hypothesis was suggested by the colourless appearance of the cicatrix from the section of the umbilical cord in the negro, and also of that seen by the author at the umbilicus of the bottle-nosed whale, the Hyperoodon bidentatus.
The Society then adjourned over the long vacation to meet again on the 21st November next.
