PHYSICAL AND LItERARY. 46^ 



"We fought diligently for an allantois ; 

 but could fee nothing that bore any re- 

 femblance to it. 



The following day, tallow, diluted with 

 oil of turpentine, was thrown into the 

 umbilical arteries towards the placenta ; 

 and fome of the fame materials, coloured 

 with rad. anchufae, was injeded into the 



umbilical vein. Tallow, diluted with 



oil of turpentine, and coloured with ver- 

 digreafe, was likeways thrown into the 

 uterine veins, after its cut edges were all 

 tied. 



Th e foetus being taken out, we faw 

 how far down the placenta adhered to the 

 womb, as in Tab. v. fig. 2. where A A, is 

 the lowefl part of the placenta, with fome 

 of the membranes turned upon it ; — BB, 

 a clufter of finufes, which appeared 

 where thefe membranes had been takea 



from ; C, the entry to the cervix uteri ; 



D, a fliare of the forepart of the uterus 

 turned down. 



Upon taking the uterus out of the bo- 

 dy, and opening the back part of the va- 

 gina, there was, as in Tab. v. fig, 3^ A, 



a 



