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VII. An Account of what appeared moft remarkable 
on opening the 'Body of Ann Edwards, who 
died January ^th, 1 7-, having a large Umbe- 
lical Rupture. Communicated to the Society 
by John Ranbv, Effo Surgeon to his Majejl/s 
Houfbold, and F. S. 
A BOUT fix Years ago having fome Difference with 
her Husband, he gave her a Kick on the Belly j 
and from that Time fhe complained of - Pain, and a 
Swelling about the Navel, which in Time encreafed 
to about the Size of a Man’s Head, feldom giving her 
any Uneafinefs but by its Weight } and that chiefly 
when her Bandage was off, which fhe generally wore, 
except when her Diet, or any other Accident, brought 
on a Diarrhea, which was always attended with 
Cholick Pains, particularly in the Rupture ; to eafe 
which fhe had been advifed to iron it with a hot Iron, 
and had thereby fo often burnt it, that there remained 
on the Skin feveral large Cicatrix's. Three Days 
before her Death fhe was taken with the Diarrhoea, 
attended with a flight Fever. 
On opening the Bag , the Cavel firft prefented, the 
greateft Part whereof adhered to the Peritoneum : 
On removing this, the Small Guts, to the Length of 
two Ells and a half, were contained in this Bag , toge- 
ther with all the Colon, except fo much of it as is be- 
low the left Kidney $ and the Beginning of the- Colon, 
with. 
