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raatjc of &c C^<^ ird SssrmM^ lifflt one m^W very 
cafily hav€ taken out ciclicr Heart or Lurg^, without lb 
much as lauching their Enclofure- Whetner this might 
not be occafiorrd from the rarify'd Effluvia cf the Wa- 
ters, pent up within the Breaft, or raciier a ncctflary 
Confe<jucnce of the Diaphragm's being fo exceflivtJy 
prefled upwards, I leave i.o a more Critical Cenfure ; 
neither ihall I take upon me to determine whether the 
contained Liquor happened from any Rupture in the 
Ladteal or Lympliatick Veflels, according to Dr. ff^//?», 
or (as more probable to me) if it were not pure Scrum 
(theBlood being difTjIved in its conftituent parts) break- 
ing forth of the little mouths of the Caliac and other 
Arteries, 
»^ 
There were prefem ^t S^ sfr&'ff 'Ichyrurgeons. 
this DifTedion. lDameinr«cr,S 
IV. Ohfer^atio CaffPi non vulgaris De Hydrope 
intra ZJteri Tunicas contento. 
ER. a Perfon Aged 44, and upwards; fometime 
• after flie was married, had conceived (as fl^ 
thought) by fomc fuppofed Symptoms of Pregnancy , 
and in order to her Delivery, at the expiration of the 
time of her Account, her Midwife was confulted. (Her 
fancy 'd) Pains came on, and flie thought her felf very 
near her Labour. Her Belly was grown very big, and 
had gradually increafed from the time of her (imagined) 
Conception ; but alas, flie found her felf deceived in her 
Expeftation, and her Preparations for this time all in 
vain. Her illnefi fliortly after wore off, without leaving 
any Prognoftick of an approaching Birth. 
Thus 
