The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-01 00:00:00

AN ACCOUNT OF THE APPEARANCES

WHICH WERE OBSERVED IN THE INSI.ECTION Or THE

MORTAL ItRMAINS OF
MS MAJESTY GEORGE TUE FOURTH.

The body exhibited but little sign of putrefaction; and
the anasarca had disappeared excepting some slight remains
of it in the thighs.
Notwithstanding the apparent emaciation of his Ma-
jesty's person, a very large quantity of fit was found between
the skin and the abdominal muscles.
A BDOMEN.

The nmentum, and all those puts in which fat is usually
deposited, were excessively loaded wi►h it. The abdomen
did not contain snore than an ounce of water.
The stomach and intestines were somewhat contracted ;
they were of a darker colour than natural in consequence of
their containing mucus tinged with blood, and in the
stomach was found a clot of pure blood weighing about
six ounces.

The liver was pale, and had an unhealthy granulated
appearance.

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The spleen, although larger than usual, was not other-
wise diseased, and the pancreas was in a sound state.
The sigmoid flexure of the large intestine (the colon)
had formed unnatural adhesions to the bladder, accom-
panied by a solid inflammatory deposit of the size of an
orange.

Upon a careful examination of this tumour, sac or ca-
vity was found in its centre, which contained an urinery
calculus of the size of a filbert, and this cavity communi-
cated by means of a small aperture with the interior of the
bladder at its fundus. In other respects the bladder was
healthy, and the prostrate gland did not appear to be en-
larged. The kidneys were also free from disease.

THORAX.
Two pints of water were found in the cavity of the right
side, and three pints and three quarters in the left side of
the chest. The left lung was considerably diminished.
The lower edge of each lobe of the lungs had a remark-
able fringe, which, upon examination, was found to be
formed by a deposit of fat. _

The stibssanCe of the lungs bad undergone no change of
structure, but the mucous membrane lining the air tubes
was of a dark colour, in consequence of its vessel being
turgid with blood.

the pericardium (or heart purse) contained about half
an ounce of fluid but its opposite surfaces in several parts
adhered to each other from inflammation at some remote
period.

Upon the surface of the heart and pericardium there was
a large quantity of fat—and the muscular substance of the
heart was so tender se to be lacerated by the slightest force.
It was much larger than natural. Its cavities upon the
right side presented no unusual appearance, but those on
the left side were much dilated, more especially the auricle.
The three semilunar v.ilves at the beginning of the great
artery (the aorta) were ossified tilt onghent their substance,
and the inner coat of that blood-vessel presented an it re-
gular surface, and was in many parts ossified.
The original disease of his Majeety consisted in the ossi-
cation of the valves of the aorta, which must have existed
for many years, and which, by impeding the passage of
the current of blood flowing from the limit to the other
parts of the body, occasioned effusion of water into the CA.
rities of the chest and in other situations. This mecha-
nical impediment to the circulation of the blood also suffi-
ciently exp'ains those other changes in the condition of the
body which were connected with his Majesty's list idness,
as well as all the symptoms under which the King had
laboured.

The immediate cause of his Majesty's dissolution was the
rupture of a I,lood-vcsael in the stomach.
lIALTORD. AbTLEY PASTON COONS&
MATTtINVI JOHN TIRRNEY. B. C. 131101)11E.