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IV. ^art of a Letter from Mr Samuel Brady, to 
lDr William Cockbum, F. (2^. 5. giVtn^ an Ac^ 
count of a ^uppy in the Womb that receiVd no 
Kourijhment by the Mouth. - 
IN the Converfation we had about the Nourifhment of 
the Fmus in the Womb, wherein we feemed to agree 
it was performed by the Umbihcal Veflels only, without 
the a(Gftance of the Mouth , I mention'd a Puppy at its 
full growth, which had never received any Nourifhment 
this latter way. It was whelp d November 1 704. had no 
appe]arance of a Mouth at all, liv'd fome time after it (vas 
parted from its Dam 5 pulling the Skin off its Head, which 
had not the leaft paflage through it : The Head was one 
folid Bone, without Sutures, foraewhat Round, as a 
Mans Skull, with a little prominence in the fore-part, re* 
fembling the Os Naji of ^ Man, but without any pallage : 
It iiad no place for Eyes, nor Meatus for Ears, only the 
Outward Refemblance of one on each fide, un penetrated 
and placed lower than naturally: No Jaw-bone, nor 
Conveyance to the top of the Larynx and Vharytzx^ but 
thence downward natural. I fend you its 5kin, ftuffd 
carelefsly for ray own private fatistadtion y for which you 
may fee it was only defign'd, by the littie care taken in its 
prefervatioa from the Mice, and the lofs of the Bones; 
However, enough of it remains to (hew that it receiv'd no 
Nourifhment by the Moutho 
