458 ESSAYS and OBSERVATIONS 



in this fubjecft, rofea good way above the 

 pubes, turned down over it with a piece 

 of the integuments ; G, the left ova- 

 rium. 



Next day, the ftibftance of the womb 

 was cut through cautioufly, a little 

 farther forwards than the round liga' 



ments ; and, when the incifion had pene- 

 trated into the uterus, a fubftance appear- 

 ed which feparated quite eality from the 

 more external parts, by being gently pref- 

 fed with the finger j and, by pufliing the 

 finger alternately upwards and down- 

 wards, fo much of this fabftance was fe- 

 parated from the womb, as to allow a 

 probe-pointed pair of fciflars to be intro- 

 duced for enlarging the incifion, parallel' 

 with the fide of the uterus. I then faw 

 that this fubflance was a villous mem*- 

 brane, which feparated almoft of itfelf 

 from the cut fides of the womb when we 

 attempted to raife them. In doing of 

 this, we could not obferve any tearing of 

 velTels or fibres, except in fome places 

 where fraall convoluted arteries were 

 broke off from the forepart of the uterus 



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