300 ESSAYS ann OBSERVATIONS 
ArT. XVIII. 
Bones found in the Ovarium of a Woman ; by 
Dr GEorGE Youna, and communicated 
to. the Society by Dr Joun. BoswEL L, 
Fellow of the Royal College of Phyficians 
in Edinburgh *. 
Woman near fifty years of age, who 
£ % had never, had a child, being four 
months obftructed, thought fhe had con- 
ceived; but the men/es then returning, fhe r 
had exceflive flooding, which was fome- 
times in great quantity, at other times 
was lefs, but fcarce ever intermitted for a 
year and a half. It was then ftopped by 
fome medicine ; after which, her belly 
fwelled to fuch a degree in fix weeks, that 
her urine was almoft totally fuppreffed ; 
fhe was very coftive unlefs when clyfters 
were given, and fhe died in a few days 
more. 
On cutting the teguments of a abdo- 
men, a large quantity of bloody water 
rufhed 
* November 1, 1737. 
