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Ann Fowlfr, a woman betweeri 

 twenty-feven and twenty-eight years of 

 ^ge, was admitted into St George's Hos- 

 pital, the 13th of June 1763, for an aneii- 

 rifm in the aorta ; which protruded out- 

 wards on the back between the lower- 

 mofl lib and the os innominatum of the left 

 fide, of which ftie gave the following ac- 

 count. 



That, oh the 2 2d of the March pro- 

 ceeding, being nine months gone with 

 child, {he fell down fome fleps of a ftair, 

 but did not perceive that Ihe had recei- 

 ved much hurt. That fhe was brought 

 to bed the 25th ; and, in a few days, 

 thought herfelf as well a6 a woman in 

 that fituatioh could cxped. But that, in 

 a fortnight thereafter, fhe felt a ftrong 

 throbbing in her back, and, in a few 

 days, perceived a fmall tumor, which pro- 

 truded on the left fide of the frine of 

 Vol. m. Ff ' the 



