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V. An ExtraB of a Letter Written by Mr. Sa- 
vatd, Sworn Surgeon at Paris, gi*ving an Ac^ 
count of a Foetus lying without the Uterus in 
the Belly \ ta\en from the Journal Dcs Sfa- 
vanSj of the 26th of Nov. i6p6. 
A Woman big with Child came to r Hotel- Dieu Six 
Weeks ago, there to Ly-inn of her third or fourth 
Child ; about a Fortnight before her Death, (he found 
ex cflTive Pains about the Navil and the lower part of 
theBelly, by the different Motionsof the Child, which 
made her ask prefent Relief, and that her Side might 
be opened, but they did not hearken to her, thinking 
it a bufinefs of dangerous Confequence. 
On the Thirteenth of Oiloher laft (he dyed,upon which 
Mr. CoUgmH and Jouiy alfifted by Madam De Goue 
the chief Midwife, did quickly open her to draw out 
the Child dead or alive, as is uftal in fuch occafions: 
They underftood by this opening, that the Child was^ 
Dead , and further, that it was not in the Matrix , 
wiiich^hey found whole near to it ; they deferred a 
further Search till the next Day, and fent for Mr. £w- 
meray a Phifician, Mr. Mauriceau a Sworn Surgeon, 
and a very skillful Man-midwife, Mr. De Vernejy Phy- 
fician and Anatomift of the King's Garden, Mr. Mery 
a Surgeon, and my felf, and many other Surgeons , 
both of Hotel'Dieu and the City. 
We Examined with Attention the Body of this 
Woman, and found what follows : 
All the Parts that compofe the Matrix, both inward 
and outward, as alfo the Vagina were very found. It was 
as big as it ufes to be in Women Ten or Twelve Days, 
after they are brought to Bed. The Internal Orifice 
was of a livid Colour, occafioned jby the feveral touch- 
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