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fall from a tree. Though of a robuft and vigo- 

 rous conftitution, fhe had never born any chil- 

 dren. He endeavoured to difcover if the caufe 

 of her barrennefs exifted in the tefticles ; and 

 he found that the veficles were all filled with a 

 blackilli and corrupted matter. 



In a young girl of eighteen years of age, who 

 had been brought up in a convent, and who had 

 every appearance of real virginity, he found the 

 riszht tefticle a little lon^rer than the left : It Vv'as 

 of an oval figure, and its furl'ace was fomewhat 

 unequal. This inequality was occafioned by five 

 Dr fix veficles which protruded on the outlide of 

 the tefticle. One of thefe veficles, which was 

 more prominent than the reft, he opened, and a 

 quantity of lymph ruflied out. This veficle was 

 furrounded with a glandulous fubftance, in the 

 Ihape of a crefcent, and of a rcddlfli yellow co- 

 lour. He cut the tefticle tranfverfely, and found 

 a number of veficles filled with limpid liquor; 

 and he remarked, that the Fallopian tube of this 

 tefticle was redder and fomewhat longer than the 

 other, as he had often obfcrved in other animals 

 when they were in ieafon. 



The left tefticle was whiter, and its furface 

 more fmooth; for, though fome veficles were a 

 little prominent, none of them were in the form 

 of nipples; they were all fimilar to each orher, 

 and the correfponding Fallopian tube was nei- 

 ther fwelled nor red^ 



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