r i*n 
fo fhort, that it was with Difficulty I could make a 
Ligature upon it, in order to make a Separation : I im- 
mediately extracted the Secundine, and meafur'd the 
Funiculus , which was little more than four Inches 
long: As foon as the. Woman was taken care of, I 
examin'd the Child, which I found to be imperfed 
in feveral Parts, there being no Anus , neither Pri- 
vities to diftinguiffi of what Sex it was : Where the 
Vulva fhould be, there was a fmall Perforation, (though 
no Appearance of Labia) through which the Urine al- 
ways pafs'd away 5 there was likewife a large Hernia 
Umbilicalis , and a little lower in the Linea alba> 
was a Perforation, into which the Intejlinum reElum 
open'd, and there the Excrements pafs'd during the 
time the Child liv'd, which was almoft ten Weeks. 
Several Days before the Child died, a Gangrene ap- 
pear'd on the Hernia , which foon pafs'd into the In- 
teftines, and occafion'd the Child's Death : The Her- 
nia, in my Opinion, was occafion'd by the Shortnefs 
of the Funiculus , which did not grow in Length pro- 
portionable to the Foetus 5 the Child in all other Parts 
was perfed. When the Child died, I had Liberty 
from the Parents to infped into it : I did not go 
through a regular Diffedion 5 I only infpeded into the 
Inteftinum reUtum , (which I found is above defcrib'd) 
and the urinary Bladder, which V found very fmall, 
and no Urine in it,* the Child was never obferv'd to 
make Water in a Stream whiift it liv'd, which makes 
me of Opinion, the Sphinffier Vefic £ was imperfed. 
In handling the Bladder, I found fomething ffiarp 
pointing to my Finger 5 I could not difcover what it 
was, until I fnip'd off the Neck of the Bhdder : I then 
