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inje(5led the veins, from' what they were 

 after we had filled them with tallow. 



By fome few of the finufes having d 

 little of the red injedion in them, it may- 

 be conjedlured, that fome of the fmall 

 branches of the uterine arteries opened 

 into them: But I could not obferve their 

 orifices ; and they themfelves were (6 

 fmall, that I only faw one or two fmall 

 twigs running along the membrane that 

 lined fome of the finufes. 



Since, neither in this fubjedl, the leafl 

 drop of either the injedlion that Was 

 thrown into the arteries or veins of the 

 tnother ; nor in another wornan, who died 

 when four months gone with child, whofe 

 uterine firteries I inje(51:ed with' coloured 

 tallow ; any of the injedlions were found 

 in the fecundary veffels, though a great 

 deal of injediori, in both fubjedis, was 

 found extravafated between the placenta 

 and uterus ; I mufl be of opinion, that 

 there is no anaftomofis between the ute- 

 rine and fecundary veffels ; and I could 

 eafily fee, how the extravafated tallow^ in- 

 je(5ted with force, could make its way ititd 

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