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not , by reafon the inner Orifice was drawn fo high, 
under the Os Puhis, (he could not, witkout fome diffi- 
culty, touch it with the extremity of her Finger. Up- 
on trying fome time after , flie found the appearance of 
things very much changed, and at that time {l?e could 
not difcern any thing Uke the F£tus (he had before felt. 
The oddnefs of the Cafe, made her defire oi the Pa- 
tient a particular Account of the Time and Circumftan- 
ees of her being with Child : To this the other repli- 
ed , That for the firft fix Weeks Ihe had great and con- 
tinual Pains, which (hot towards the Navel, and ter- 
minated there, and thefe lafted till the third Month; 
that from thence to the Sixth (he had frequent Con- 
vulfions , ApopleAick Fits , terrible Syncopes, u hicb 
had very much Frightned thofe about her, and obli- 
ged them to give her the Sacraments, defpairing 
of her Life ; that from the Sixth to the Eighth Month, 
flie had enjoyed a much better Health, which in fome 
meafure had ftrengthened both her and her Infant ;v 
that the Pains (he had endured (ince that time feem- 
ed to be fo many alternate Throe's, ( probably 
proceeding from the repeated ftrokes of the, Childs 
Head in that Place, where the Teguments were fo tbrn, 
by reafon of their great Extenfion , that the hardw 
ne(s of t he Cranium could plainly be difccrned through 
them J In this Condition was this miferable Woman 
when (he was received into that Hofpital, till her Af- 
flidion encreafing, (he could not lye on her fide or back, 
being forced to fit in a Chair, or Kneel in her Bed , 
with her Head refting on her Breaft. Thefe ftrange 
and unaccountable Symptoms rendred the Midwife ve- 
ry doubtful how to proceed, and obliged her to apply 
her (elf to Hemmerer^ and M. Jouey^ the firft of 
which was at that time Phyfician to the Hall, and the 
other a Mafter Surgeon of the Houfe^ thefe Gentlemen 
were 
