, 1869-03-15
noMsTRosITY IN PHYSIOLOGY.
A y an with Heart and Liver Heye1sea
-Als Aifo ana Dezth-Dlasseuou or
the BoAy.

sAS DV&yR
From the New York Sun. March H.
a ven kno%n citizen, patron of city im-
provemcntE, drainage. aud the fine nrss. To-
cluding the teats Of the ahamttes and human
surgery, died = few days ago, full oftteanxc
alll1e aud boar antiquity. Al bis lie loac
b. had suffered fiou 3 chronic pain IN the
leit Side, aId In The region of the heaEt. while
the right side. aud when he vas much ex.
cited be used to ray that he felt fnttenng
there Just for all the world ~ IL his be VT
bad got into the wrong place. he v4s
martyr also 10 billions dlsea.e. He was
Obliged TO support himself win a stick, and
VIA troubled with great difficulty Of breath.
Ing and an isEi.s blilty Of temper that made i.
1t times almost impossible to live with him.
NotRlth lthatauatng these symptoms of COM
piicated disease, be took considerable Inter-
est in sanitary at atrs, and devised schcme
for the efficient drainage Of the city by means
twelve teet wide on both sides. the ma!u
street vaulted and vent,1ated, with 4 stream
Of water funnitg IN the midst of them, .nd
an ample sidewalk. he was q genins, In
short, and besides his lore for the aue arts,
which viii pay unaidcd ii thse e'Gat'Doi musie of
eono before him, however; be had
his death dav, and the medical man who
a,ttcrdcd him watched his LAST few days Of
ssek,e:s With reEy uncommon Interest, SO
much 20 - to attract the attention OF his
family: It GANG out afterwards that the
physician had tri d to persuade him to glye
up his body to the surgeons for dissection,
bis complaints being 40 unusual and some Of
his symptoms new to isnce, 80 much 81 as
10 1nduce thc kuppo=i,.on Of some internal
organic malformalon. The old gentleman
| had no objection to otter on Ut. own account.
| hut Thought that the fact thou.d be kept
| from the knowledge OF Ills wife and
| family.
attended him, and is a. the head of one OF
our medical colleges also, made nrraure-
M.nn With = rrsut trection man to steal the
body on the night Of its iuterment aud carry
IL to the hospltal-al1 Of which happenrd
without any Inisadventure. The family
physician wss present at the dissection Of the
1t. When the steEnum Was divided, the
anazsng discovery was made that the heart
and the liver had changed ,lAces. the heart
being on the right side aud the liver on the
left. This change In the tuo grea. vital or.
cans changed alto tho position of the other
| organs. and caused an extension Of some OF
| the vial ducts. Nature had created otder
out Of the disorder, 60 that there need be no
serious INTERRUPTION to the vital fuuctions.
The petition Of the heart aud It. 6ppen-
dRVts naa simply reversed, The upper bur
der otthe heart WAS just below line that
tou1d unite the third costal car,ilages, aud
the apex c.rresponded 10 the inter4pace b..
tween the cartiiagts Of the dflh and sixth
ribs, nearly two inches below the right nip.
pie, which is precisely tts plsce and adjust,
mclt IN its natural state oa the left side
The two auricfes, which have no connection
With each other naturally In adults, were il
this cato connected, aud there was very
email aperture Of Communication with The
, yet tr'cle1. instead Of large and ample one
u the len aurieie. which, 1t the heart hat
b.,n On ba the .he ether :n.s sd; h. Eoot
chan valve, which Is relic of tho frta
| heart. was largr, Instead Of being muc.
dimin!t6cd, II Is usually thr case In adults
and the fo.sa ordli,, which is usually sim pl'
depression Gu the toter3u5icuar walls, th,
tnrc OF the black and r. blood, was large
The heart vas Eix inches aud an eiph b II
length, and three and three, ,quastcra Il
: bre4dth, and nearly three Ia the antero-poe
, terlor diamrtJ.
Alter the demonstration, which We hav
r only given slight clim pse Of, Lbs heart VIZ
rem, :rcd, and when weighed found to b
, equal TO thirteen ounees-ihe usual sverag
!. weight bclrE from ten to twelve, and Donl
: lAud says only eight ounces.
The llrcr occupled the left instead of III
!. right hypochoDdr.ac and epioas'rsc region
: below tic diaphragm-anoye The stomscl
duoechu1u, arch If tbs colon, 1A'l b!sdd.
+ aid left kidney. The upper surface va.
3 good deal hsttentd. The rr1toreum. whtc
: divided the organ Into two unequal pa.
is Kas much decayed. aud the lett lobe vi
= the largest. The 1ou,t til Lobe IN front Of It
a trarsv. nc dsture, the gall bladder lying b
;. tween It and the 'obulous cat4datas, WAS al
. much diseased.
The entire demonstration has been car
j! tulty recorded for the benefit or science, I,
+, Dr.. -, tne ply ician. has sent q mlnu
G ! account Of Il to the London Lancet. Such
d case WAS never heasd Of before II human h]
;, tory. sud 1t shows bow wonderfully natu
: srra1Ges her physiological steps 81 asto r
e The greatest happiness Tor man out OF thel