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and forafmuch as fometime before her Death, flie com- 
plained of a new trouble in her Nofe. I earneftly defi- 
red leave of the Family to open this Organ, which was 
granted me ; I did it in the prefence of the fame Per- 
fonsl have named. Being defirous to find the original 
of this Polypus^ we broke the Bone to emir nothing ; af- 
ter we had broke all, we found nothing in all the Nofe, 
but a little piece of Flefb very foft, which came out of a 
cleft of the Procefliis Pterygoides ; we foUow'd it exad- 
ly, which brought us into the Sinus of the upper Jaw ; we 
broke this Bone alfo, and perceiv'd in this Sinus a ropy 
and clear humour, in the middle of which there was a 
body like in figure confidence and colour to a greater 
one, which we had before taken out we took notice al- 
fo of a little red fpeck, which feem'd to be the root of 
this Polypus. 
The Polypus's arc Tpungy excrefcencies, which ac« 
cording to Authors are form'd upon the Membrane that 
covers the Nofes within, by fome alteration made there ; 
fome are form'd alfo in other parts, as in the Cavities of 
the great Veins. But this Membrane is more difpos'd to 
the produdion of them than others, becaufe it is the 
moft fpongy of the whole Body, and moft full of Blood 
Veffels. 
The Difcovery ofMr. Gi/fj, gives us to underftand, 
that it may be produc'd in the Sinus, over which this 
Membrane is extended, and into which it filters the Snot 
which is fpread over this Organe, and for this reafon 
probably 'tis that 'tis fo difficult radically to cure thefe 
Polypus's. ^ 
Moreover the extirpation of them is not always fo 
fuccefiful as it has been in this ; when they appear very 
red and full of Blood, the Extirpation of them is dange- 
rous, for fear of an Hemorhagie, which is not eafily 
ftopt. Therefore fome do ufe Cauftick Waters, and 
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