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Spontaneous digestion of the stomach after death
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Spontaneous digestion of the stomach after death

Delamotte, William Alfred

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Watercolour drawing of a case of spontaneous digestion of the stomach after death. Large portions of the whole thickness of its walls are destroyed. From a girl, aged 19 years, who died with inflammation of the membranes of the brain, in a state of coma.

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