■tneo f mi ^adcordingly f her Body jbeing duly ,prepar d 
•for the qperatiooj abciuc ten days a^fter, th^ afore- 
nam'd Phyficians being prefent^ I did attempt the ex- 
traftion, having introduc'd my Forceps into the neck 
of the Bladder, I very readily took bold of the Bodkin, 
but could not move it. I then paS'd in my Finger ttiro 
the dilatation into the Bladder, and try*d to bring th^ 
whole Bodkin into ithe Bladder, but could not 3 nor 
could I turn it one way or another, but round like a 
- Spindle. I often feiz'd it TOth,my .ForjGep^, but found 
iticppoifible to remove it by reafon of the pofition^ 
which V7as the fmaller end, refting upon the infide of 
t&a j|^i6/;/«i (las I imagine^ which probably occafiofi'd 
Aigr Mting. iFiiiding all my attempts to be fruitleft, 
t Id^fpaired ever to effed it this way, which made 
4^fift> torn farther tryal for fome. time : but now the 
"W^eatte being more fa:^oucabJe, and her pains encrea- 
&g, notwithftanding that (he was frequently infonji- 
td of the danger of the operation, by the Phyficians 
and me, yet by her daily importunity,, il \yas prevailed 
upon to attempt the extrafting of it in the manner of 
the higher ibperafeion for the Stone, which was.as fol- 
lows. D6&Gir, Maddest, Doftor Molyneux^ and Doftof 
Smithy Fellows of the aforefaid Colledge, being pre- 
Jfent, having pfecedvh?r-iQ^.a convenieat.^^^ I put 
•my Fii:^ger iWi(^:^Q j^agiim§}M^^^^ the , Bodkin 
lying clofe to it oil the,, outfide, whilft I jield my Fin- 
• ger there I preBied withmiyileft hajid above the Ox P/i- 
iky where I felt the head or thickeft end of the Bod- 
kin. :I then remov'd my cRight hand, afid 4efired Do- 
ctor Smith to put his Finger into the Vagway as I had 
done before, jand prefs hard againft the Bodkin, which 
he did, andriiddditv^ery firm and fteddy, whilft I made 
an Incifioii-about an inch and a half in length on the 
outfide of the ri^iMtifinlHs ^R^Unsy till I came to the 
