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that they have fcen it, while others havef 

 denied that any fuch thing ever exifted. 

 Ihefe different opinions are all taken no- 

 tice of, and quoted in Boerhaave's Pr^- 

 led. publiihed by Haller j vol. v. § 664. 

 to which book I fhall refer you. 



I have already mentioned the womb's 

 being much about the thicknefs of an 

 unimpregnated one: This, however, is 

 not always the cafe ; and authors have 

 differed vaftly in their opinions in this 

 point : Some alledging, that the ute- 

 rus is always thicker ; others, that it 

 turns thinner; while others have affirm- 

 ed, that it does not alter in its thicknefs 

 by impregnation. This great difference 

 of opinions muft have been owing to 

 the different uteri which have been exa- 

 mined. As Dr Nortwyk has quoted the 

 *paffages of different obfervators concern- 

 ing this difpute, I fhall refer you to his' 

 Biftoria Uteri * for their fentiments about 

 this matter -, and only obferve, that Dr 

 Smellle, Mr Hunter, Mr M'Kenzie, and 

 others, who pradife midwifery here, and 



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Pass 2. § 80. 



