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middle of its forepart, when we had a bet- 

 ter view of the rent, extending from very 

 near the 05 «/m upwards, a little obliquely 

 to the right fide. The os uteri was then ve- 

 ry little open. The cervix which is diftin- 

 guifhable plainly from thtjundus in a woman 

 not with child, was here extended into the 

 fame common fac with it. The inner furface 

 of the womb was all fmooth, feeming to be 

 covered with a fine villous membrane. From 

 the larger fize of the finufes at the back and 

 upper part of the womb, I judged the pla^ 

 centa to have been formerly applied there. 



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