4x6 ESSAYS ano OBSERVATIONS 
globular than in the prefent fubje&t, Poffi- 
bly the figure of the womb may gradually 
become more oval, as the woman approaches 
‘to her time. The part likewife to which the 
placenta adheres, or the different fituation of 
_ the child, may caufe great variety here. 
The ftrong outer membrane and cellular 
one immediately within it, did not feem in 
any of the pregnant uteri I faw diflected, 
or by the accounts of any authors, to have 
been much altered by the great diftenfion 
they underwent. 4 
Heifler *, Nortwyk +, and Mr Hunter, . 
obferved Ms fame mufcular appearance un- — 
der this outer cellular membrane, as I did, 
without any regular layer of fibres; as 
Ruyfch has defcribed and painted {: norcould 
I obferve any fuch regular fibres in a woman 
who died a few hours after child-birth, whofe 
body I diffected while Iwas in Mr Le Cat’se 
houfe at Rouen, tho’ Nortwyk | feems to 
think, that if they are to be feen in any ute=. 
TUS, 
* Anat. Compend. Tom. 2. p. 80. 
+ Hift. Uteri pars 2. § 87. p. 106. ) 
{ Advers. Dec. iii. Tab. 3. Fig. t. 5 
‘|| Hit. Uteri pars 2. § 87. p. 107. 5 
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