4^0 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



to be a cellular membrane, with its in- 

 fide fmooth and poliflied ; but with a cel- 

 lular appearance whenever it was flretched, 

 by endeavouring to raife it from the fub- 

 ftance of the uterus ; for the internal very- 

 thin membrane, which covers the infidgt 

 of the womb, and is continued from the 

 external cuticula, is fo fine, that it is 

 fcarce to be diflinguiflied. Numerous vet- 

 fels, both arteries and veins, ran every 

 where through this cellular fubftance. 



In the middle of the cut fides of the u- 

 tcrus, the empty veins were of a great fize, 

 in comparifon to what the arteries diC- 

 tended with injection were. 



On the internal lurface of the part of 

 the womb which was turned down over 

 the pubes, convoluted arteries were feen ; 

 and fome orifices of veins appeared. T'lie 

 cuter lamina of the chorion Vs^as fca- 

 brous, fucculenr, lomewhat villous, of a 

 pale ilefliy colour, and not at all tranfpa- 

 rent. The convoluted arteries, Vvdiich [ 

 formerly faid had adhered to it, when the 

 v.-omb was feparated from it, were taken 

 pfF with a pair of difTecling forceps, 



without 



