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feem in any of the pregnant uteri I faw 

 difledled, or by the accounts of any au- 

 thors, to have been much altered by the 

 great diftenfion they underwent. 



Heister *, Nortwyk f, and Mr Hun- 

 ter, obferved the fame mufcular appear- 

 ance under this outer cellular membrane, 

 as I did, without any regular layer of fi* 

 bres ; as Ruyfch has defcribed and paint- 

 ed :j: : Nor could I obferve any fuch regular 

 fibres in a woman who died a few hours 

 after child-birch, whofe body I difTedled 

 while I was in Mr Le Cat's houfe at Rou- 

 en, though Nortwyk § feems to think, 

 that, if they are to be feen in any uterus, 

 it muft be in fuch a one. Some few fi- 

 bres there were, that went in an irregu- 

 lar, though fomething circular manner ; 

 which, with the help of my diffeding 

 knife, I could have carved into a very 

 pretty mufcle. Authors have differed 

 much about this mufcle ; fome affirming 



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• Anat. Compend. Tom. 2- p. 80, 

 f Hift. Uteri pars 2. § 87. p. io5, 

 :J: Adverf, Dec, iii. Tab. 3. Fig. i. 

 § Hilt. Utsri pars 2. § 87. p. 107. 



