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A, with its head downwards ; B, the na-* 



vel-ftring twifted round its neck; the 



placenta CC adhering to the back part of 

 the womb, with the membranes DDD, 

 lying folded upon its edges ; and the cue 

 fides of the uterus EEE, where the orifices 

 of the veins and arteries appear, as in the 

 figure formerly referred to; — F, the i)ciia 



^^ya ;-- G, ^orta defcendcris ; — H, the in- 



ferior mefenteric artery, to fhew how high 

 the fundus of the womb was raifed. 



That a comparifon of the fituationof 

 this foetus, with others, might be made, 

 I fketched, in miniature, the outlines of 

 Bidloo's and Albinus's figures. Fig. 2. 

 of Tab. vi. is Bidloo's, where the foetus 

 lies in a bended pofture, with its head up- 

 permofi, and its placenta adhering to the 

 forepart of the womb. And, fg. 3. of 

 the fame table, .is copied from Albinus, 

 where the foetus is with its head more 

 perpendicularly downwards than in my 

 fubje(5l ; and no more than the edges of 

 of the placenta adhering to the back pare 

 qf the uterus can be feen. 



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