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and fome of the waters coming awiy all that 

 day and Wednefday^ till Wednejday evening, 

 when fitting in a chair in labour, fhe gave 

 a fudden fpring from the chair, complaining 

 of violent pain in her belly. The child ne- 

 ver was felt afterwards by thofe who attempt- 

 ed to affift her delivery. She conftantly 

 complained of violent pain in her belly, with 

 her fenfes and judgment intire, till Friday 

 morning, when fhe died. On Saturday her 

 body was opened. 



Afteji cleaning away with fpunges a con- 

 fiderable quantity of blood floating in the 

 abdomen^ we faw a ripe child and its fecun- 

 dines lying in the lower part of it, a little to 

 the right lide. The child, placenta^ and um- 

 bilical rope were intire, and the membranes 

 were as ufual. after birth. The woman's ute- 

 rus had \isjmuiiis raifed as high as the navel, 

 with its fubftance foft and fpongy as is com- 

 mon in pregnants, nothing preternatural 

 appearing in its fore-fide ; but when the 

 fundus was turned down and forwards to- 

 wards the ojfa pubis, a large rent four inphes 

 long was feen towards the neck of the womb; 

 which being again put into its natural fitua- 

 tion, was opened its whole length, in the 



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