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ArT. XXXAl. 
A Propofal of anew Method of curing ob= 
firuéted Menfes; by Dr ARCHIBALD 
Hami.iton Phyfician in Edinburgh *. 
18 a converfation I had fome time ago 
with my friend Dr, Hunter, now Phy- 
fician in Beverly, concerning the cure of « , 
fome particular difeafes, I remember he — 
propofed a method of removing obftruc- 
tions of the men/trua by a mechanical 
compreffion of the external iliacs. I 
thought, from the anatomical ftructure 
of the parts, the propofal pretty reafona- 
ble in fome cafes; and refolved to. put it 
into practice, the firft favourable cafe 
that occurred to me. About fix months 
ago, I was fent for to vifit a girl betwixt 
nineteen and twenty years of age, who 
had been obftructed for near feven months, 
occafioned by fuddenly expofing herfelf 
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% May 1. 1755¢ 
