AN
ACCOUNT
OF
THE
DISSECTION
OF
HIS
HIGHNESS
WILLIAM
Duke
of
GLOCESTER
.
UPon
the
Death
of
his
Highness
William
Duke
of
Glocester
,
which
happened
on
Monday
,
July
the
Twenty
Ninth
,
about
Midnight
,
The
Right
Honourable
the
Earl
of
Marleborough
,
One
of
their
Excellencies
the
Lords
Justices
of
England
,
and
Governour
to
His
late
Highness
was
pleased
to
give
order
,
That
the
Body
should
be
Opened
.
Accordingly
the
Surgeons
appointed
by
His
Lordship
,
whose
names
are
subscribed
,
in
the
presence
of
Doctor
Hannes
,
who
was
commanded
to
assist
at
the
Operation
,
and
of
several
other
Spectators
,
made
the
Dissection
;
and
,
afterwards
,
jointly
with
the
Doctor
,
gave
in
the
following
Report
of
it
on
Wednesday
,
July
the
Thirty
First
,
1700.
1.
2.
The
Abdomen
was
first
opened
;
and
these
Observations
made
upon
the
Parts
Contained
.
The
Omentum
was
found
as
is
natural
.
The
Gutts
,
from
the
Rectum
,
inclusively
,
upwards
to
the
Duodenum
,
had
the
common
appearances
;
excepting
only
,
that
a
few
inflammatory
Spots
were
seen
dispers'd
upon
the
Small
Gutts
;
and
,
that
the
Plexus
Glandulares
of
the
same
Gutts
were
become
Florid
,
and
therefore
more
conspicuous
,
than
is
usual
.
The
Duodenum
and
Stomach
were
highly
inflamed
;
especially
,
the
Stomach
;
which
had
in
its
Cavity
,
Wind
,
and
a
small
quantity
of
Liquor
.
In
the
Pancreas
,
Spleen
,
Liver
,
and
Bladder
of
Gall
was
nothing
remarkable
:
Only
the
Spleen
and
Liver
were
more
than
ordinary
Livid
.
The
Kidneys
carried
a
colour
deeper
than
is
common
,
besides
which
,
they
were
not
noted
to
have
any
thing
Preternatural
:
As
neither
had
the
Glandulae
Renales
,
nor
the
Ureteres
,
nor
the
Urinary
Bladder
,
nor
the
Urine
express'd
from
the
Bladder
.
3.
Next
after
the
Abdomen
,
the
Thorax
,
Here
,
the
Pleura
was
inflamed
to
the
most
intense
degree
.
The
Diaphragm
,
and
Mediastinum
,
and
Pericardium
were
thought
not
to
differ
from
the
constitution
given
'em
by
Nature
;
excepting
only
,
that
the
Diaphragm
was
something
inflamed
.
The
Humor
of
the
Pericardium
was
reddish
;
not
without
a
mixture
of
Blood
.
And
even
the
Thorax
and
Abdomen
were
judged
to
have
more
Blood
in
their
Cavity
,
than
could
well
proceed
from
the
mouths
of
the
Vessels
cut
asunder
by
the
Knife
at
the
time
the
respective
Venters
were
laid
open
.
The
Heart
was
extremely
Flaccid
and
weak
in
its
Texture
:
The
Right
Ventricle
had
very
little
Blood
,
and
the
Left
was
altogether
Empty
.
The
Lungs
on
both
sides
were
filled
with
Blood
to
the
height
of
an
Inflammation
.
4.
At
the
place
where
the
Jugulars
arise
above
the
Claviculae
,
the
Inflammation
approach'd
very
near
to
a
Mortification
.
The
Glandulae
Thyreoideae
were
almost
black
with
the
contain'd
Blood
:
and
being
put
into
Scales
were
found
above
Five
Drachms
in
weight
.
The
Gulet
was
much
Inflamed
;
the
Wind-pipe
also
was
affected
in
the
same
kind
,
especially
the
upper
part
of
it
call'd
the
Larynx
.
In
the
Larynx
the
Membranes
that
join
the
Cartilages
Cricoides
and
Thyreoides
were
very
dark
with
the
Inflammation
.
The
Membrane
that
lines
the
Epiglottis
(
at
the
root
of
the
Tongue
)
was
also
Inflamed
:
insomuch
that
the
Glandulae
Miliares
of
it
,
which
are
scarce
visible
at
other
times
,
were
here
much
distended
and
very
conspicuous
.
5.
The
Almonds
of
the
Ear
(
in
the
Throat
)
were
swell'd
;
and
had
in
them
Purulent
matter
:
There
being
press'd
out
of
one
of
'em
as
much
Corruption
,
as
fill'd
a
Tea-spoon
.
6.
Last
of
all
,
The
Head
was
opened
;
In
this
Region
nothing
,
besides
,
was
found
particular
,
or
different
from
the
natural
state
of
it
.
Signed
Windsor
Castle
,
July
31.
1700.
-
Edward
Hannes
M.D.
-
Charles
Bernard
.
-
Edward
Green
.
-
William
Cowper
.