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Abstract

ronary arteries were given off in the usual manner immediately above the sigmoid valves of the aorta ; the ductus arteriosus pervious, and wide enough to admit a good-sized probe, communicated in the ordinary way with the aorta and pulmonary artery; the foramen ovale was open; the ventricular septum not perforated ; the walk of the right ventricle were from two to four times as thick as those of the left; the aorta and its branches constantly circulated black blood, with the exception of the extremely small quantity of red fluid carried from the pulmonary artery by the ductus arteriosus; the pulmonary artery and its ramifications constantly circulated florid blood, with the exception of the small quantity of black, which may have found its way through the foramen ovale from the right into the left auricle ; the viscera were rather larger than in naturally-conformed individuals of the same age; the heart was