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catrix of which might prove to be Oi fome ill Con- 
fcquence, in cafe the Woman fliould come to be with 
Child. 
In Women , when the Stone is but indifferent 
big, the old way is preferable to any other but if 
it was very big, then I had rather to thruft my Fin- 
gers into the Fagina, and bring the Stone as near 
the neck of the Bladder as can be, and cut the Mem- 
branes of the Vagina and Bladder upon the Stone : I 
did cut a Woman in Hambourgh by that way , of 
which I drew a Stone , weighing five Ounces and a 
half, who did Recover very well. By this way 
we prevent the incontinency of Urine , which fol- 
io weth always the Extra<aion of great Stones in Wo- 
men. 
I cannot approve neither the cutting upon the Gripe» 
as it is prac^ifed by fomie Mountebanks,- Becaufe 
in that way one cutteth througji tlie ProJiateSt which 
deftroyeth the parts of Generation. I have obferved 
that all thofe which have been cut by that method, 
were never fit for Generation. 
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