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were as unable to refolve what Method to take, as (he 
had been before. The Womans Term was now near ex- 
pired, the Cafarean Operatioi;! feemed on one hand 
Cruel and Dangerous ; on the other hand it was proba- 
ble, there was forae Hernia or Laceration oi the Womb, 
and no hopes of a Natural Delivery. In thefe difEcult 
Circumftances it was thought beft to leave the Work 
to Nature, and prepare the Woman for her Labour , by 
opening a Vein in her Foot. The Evacuation was order- 
ed to be fmall [in which regard v/as had to the Weak- 
nefs of the Patient, and the nicety of her Conftitution] 
However , after this time the Child made no more ef- 
forts, and the Tumor fubfided, there remaining only 
an Hydropick Indifpofuion , which might be perceived 
by the Fluduation ; and a great quantity of Water came 
away for feverai days, from the Orifice of the Vein; 
infomuch that llie who fcemed tq have her lower Belly 
and Thighs extremely diftendedj was very much exte- 
nuated before her Death. 
After the Patients Deceafe iier Body was opened by 
M. jDuey, in the Pretence of M. CoUgnon^ Mafter-Sur- 
geon, Madam Gouey the Midwife, and divers other Per- 
rons. . Upon the firft Incifion through the Teguments, 
there came away two or three Pints [of Paris Meafure] 
of Water and Blood, and there appeared the Head of a 
Child naked and when the Parts were alllaid open, 
there was found an intirp Female Fatiu contained in a 
fort of Cover or Bag, which at once ferved it both for 
a Womb and Membranes. M. Jouey took the Child 
with the Umbilical firing out of the Mothers Bellie, 
tracing the firing to the Placenta^ into which it was in- 
ferted. This laft appeared like a great round lump of 
Flefti, and adhered ib firmly to the Mefentery and Colon 
on the left fide, that it could not be feparated from them 
without feme trouble. On orie fide of this Lump was 
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