428 ESSAYS ann OBSERVATIONS 
fibres being of a pale red or flefh-colour: and 
when part of it was boiled in water, we 
could not have diftinguifhed it from any other 
piece of boiled flefh; moft of its fibres then 
feeming to run obliquely from the cervix to- 
wards the fundus; others appearing tranfverfe. 
To which if we add the known fenfibility 
of the womb, and its ftrong and fudden con- 
traction at birth, we have enumerated all the 
effentials required in the conftitution of a 
mut{cle. 
As the internal cellular, or rather fuccu- 
lent fungous membrane of the womb, efpe- 
cially where the placenta is fixed, is of a con- 
fiderable thicknefs; I cannot conceive, how 
any thing like to an orbicular or radiated mu- 
{cle could ever be alledged to be feen upon 
its inner fide, without diflection. 
TuE placenta and foetus were fituated near- 
ly in the fame manner as is reprefented by 
Bidloo; a {mall fketch of whofe figure is in 
your Tas. vi. fig. 2.: tho’ poffibly the fitua- 
tion of the fectus might have been altered, 
by our having carried the wterus above half a 
mile before we examined it. | 
Tue liquor amuii was of a clear brown co- 
lour; upon adding o// of witriol, or ol. tart. 
p.d. 
