Puerpera hydropica k Circumformeo finiflr): cur^J^. 235 



pciones hujusnnodi falfe perquam vulgares funt: Mol^quo-. 



3ueob(ervancurveficariee. Rarum ver6 &inaudicum hy- 

 ropisgenusindexcravirginumcubarubindenocacur, quod 

 nobis defcripric-& depingic Joh. Mey AmftelodamenfisBaca- 

 vus , cujusicoaemcumhiftoriahuc inferere oper^ precium 

 judicavi; 



CorneliaNi^coUii virginlpauperculse adversa valetudine 

 aliquamdiu ufx,cepic abdomenincumefcereAiino 1 660. a quo 

 tempore cumor paulacim &ica increvic y uc pra^ pondere de- 

 oem & o<So annis moleftiflime vixeric > ancequam miftria- 

 rumfuaruminvenericfinem: quem camen circa annum ?eca- 

 tis fuaj quadragefimum tercium adepta > fecic nobis copiam 

 infpiciendi miferrimum fiium cadaver , in quo Anno 1678, 

 17. Juniifl. V. coramMed. &ChirurgiS;,j[equencia demonftra- 

 vimus: Tocum corpus quodammodo erac emaciacum , fed 

 abdomenintantammoIemexcreverat> utreliquce partes vi3C 

 confpicerentur, & fere a nemine, qui demonftracioni non 

 adfuic, concipi queac* Aperco abdomine nulla aqua erfluxit> 

 led omnis continebatur in dextra uteri tuba, & quidem fo; 

 lummod6inejusparte> juxta tefticulum , nec non in liga- 

 meatolato; eaqueabaquarumcopia itaeratdilatatajUt infli- 

 Olo parvo vulnufculocentum & duodecim libr^ effluxerint. 

 Aqua hxc erat lympida , fontan^ adinftar > faporis fubfalfi. 

 Subftantia, in quacontinebaturjcraflltiemhabebatfemidigi- 

 ti: externcC fuperficiei mult^ veficul^ aquofie^ nec nonpor- 

 tiones adipof^ plurimce adhcerebant» In latere oppofico> eo- 

 dem in loco tumor conijMciebatur tenax 3 concinens in fe pu- 

 ruIentam,fungofam cartilagineamviicidamj &nefcioquam 

 pucridam materiam, necnon plurimas hydacides, ulcra de- 

 cem libraspendens: cujusexternaeparci adhxrebac alius cu- 

 mor, magnicudineduarumpalmarumfibi invicem compli- 

 cacarum,flavus, mollis, friabilis, maceriamconcinenspuru- 

 lencam cafei pucrefadli adinftar. Tefticulus erac mediocris 

 magnicudinis, ac dimidia ex parte corruptus. Ucerus tamen 



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