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L An Account of fome uncommon Anaftomofes of 
Cromwell Mortimer, A/. D. S'. Secr» 
ColL Med, Lond* Soc* 
SfACHIU «y, that moft accurate Anato- 
miftj is the only Author I have met with, who 
has given us any Delineation of an immediate 
Communication between the Spermatic Arteries and 
Veins, during their Courfe along the Cavity of the^^- 
domen ; which is diitindly laid down in his anatomi- 
cal Tables {Rom^e in Folio 1714-) XII. Fig.i 
3. 7^ah,y^\lh XXV. Boerhaave from him 
makes mention of thefe Anajlomofes in \m InJHtut, 
Med, ^ ^4^ 5 and alio cites Lenl LeMts in his Trea- 
tife TTe£^ '^Tripf^Tt^ovT^v Opyx^vcoy ^Lugd. Belt* %vo, 
1707) p, 18 ad x6 ; where he fully refutes deGraaf\ 
who denies thefe Anajtomofes : but even Leal owns, 
he never faw them, and only argues for them from the 
Eifed, and the dole Union of the Spermatic Vein and 
Artery in one Covering as they run together. 3/^r- 
chetti in his Anatomy {Har device ix°. 16 $ 6 .) Chap, 
of the Parts of Generation in a Man^ alferts this 
Anajtomojis^ p, 58, but neither do 1 find that he ever 
faw them , nor have I hitherto converfed with any, 
even Anatom ids, the mod celebrated for their Injedi- 
ons, who had hit on a Subjed, where thefe Padages 
were open enough to tranfmit the fubtile Matter they 
injed with. 
In the Beginning of the Year 17x3, being 2XParis^ 
and at the Hotel Dieu having an Opportunity of dif- 
the Spermatic 
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