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Bladder, which did fatigue him very much, though th^ 
paffing of the Urine through the neck of the Bladder 
was, nut painful 3 except the two or three laft years of 
his life, becaufe of a thick Mucm^ \i^hich then dif- 
charged with the Urine. 
That Mucus growing in greater quantity of late, 
made him apprehenfive it had been caufed by a Stone 
in his Bladder 3 upon fuch thoughts he apply'd himfelf 
to one , in order to be fearched by him , who 
accordingly introducing his Catheter, and meeting 
with fome refiftance in the Urethra^ did force the Ca- 
theter through the Membranes, and made fuch dila« 
ceration in them, that the Patient loft immediately a 
great quantity of Blood 5 which bleeding continuing 
for ten days, without his feeking for any help, brought 
him under very sreat torments, by reafon the blood be» 
ing grumulous in the Urethra^ could not be forced out 
but by very violent efforts and acute pain, which caufed 
a mortification in the part, of which he dyed. 
The next day after his death, I did open the body,, 
in prefence of Drs Dams, Chamberlam^Voodvpard^hlx Ber- 
nard the Chirurgeon,and feveral others 3 in which the na- 
tural Urinary Bladder was found lying on the left fide of 
thtPeluk upon thallium Bone,then fearching whatftiould 
be the caufe of fuch unnatural fituation, we did find 
one large and round bag/ lying under the Pubis upon 
thQ ReSum, filling up all the cavity of the Hjpogajler 3 
then in order to examine the thing more exaftly, I did 
dilTed the Perns and the RiBum^ and having taken them 
out of the Body, and laid them down upon a Table, 
the firft thing I did was to lay open the Urethra^ to 
examine whether there was any carnofity, os the Sur- 
geon who firft introduced the Catheter had furpeded3 
but there was none : and that D/zc^^/x was as plain and 
found as could be, except the dilaceration which the 
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