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To render the defcription more intelligible I have caufed 

 three drawings to be made from the preparation, which are 

 fufficiently accurate. 



The bladder, redum, and uterus, with its appendages, hav^e 

 been cut out entire, and along with them fome portion of the 

 labia pudendi, and of the podex. The bladder was laid open, 

 to examine its ftate, and feems to be of the natural fize. The 

 vagina, os tincce, and uterus are in a perfedly natural ftate ; but 

 to obferve the thicknefs of its coats a niche was made into 



Plate I. the fundus uteri. At the left fide the fallopian tube (^) is 

 evident, and alfo the ovarium (/) of that fide : Upon 

 the whole, the appendages of the uterus on the left fide are 

 in a natural flate. At the right fide the fallopian tube {k) 

 and round ligament are very evident at the part next the uterus, 

 but at the other extremity they are attached to the large bag or 

 cyft (/), which we may reafonably conclude is the ovarium en- 

 larged to this immcnfe fize. In order to have fome notion of the 

 capacity of the bag, I endeavoured to fill it with water, and 

 from my obfervation I conclude that it would hold from ten to 

 twelve quarts. The firft drawing I had made was intended to 

 give an idea of the fize and appearance of the parts ; and to 

 fhew the fize of the cyft better I filled it with horfe hair, as I 



■Plate 11 *^^° ^^'^ ^'^'^ ^'^"^ vagina and redum. The bladder {6) was laid to 

 one fide, refting on a piece of flick (c). Upon laying open 

 the cyft we have a view of its internal parts, which are 

 chiefly deferving of notice : I make no doubt that the vifcid 

 matter which flowed out at the time the woman was tapped 

 made tip the greateft fliare of the contents of the cyft, and 



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